ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1889, 9 May 1889, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES, ETC.

Constantinople, M»y 5. The plain of Monich, in Armenia, has been occupied by hordes of marauding Kurds, who me repeating outrages already notified by cable. Amongst other atrocities they have plundered burned alive a native named Pastoran. The Porte suspects a conspiracy against the Turkish Government exists in Armenia, and many arrests have been made in consequence, Sydney, May 6. Owing to floods, a portion of the railway line was washed away near Juuee, and the train Was thrown off the rails. Several carriages were wrecked, and six passengers injured. One man named McLblluu is dying from the effect of his injuries. Brisbane, May 6. Nine business places were destroyed by fire at Bundabarg, a seaport on the Burnett river, nearly 300 nailes north of this city. The damage is estimated at f 10,«00. Thursday Island, May 6. The barque Lady Douglas, bound to Roebuck Bay in Western Australia, struck on a reef at Wednesday Island, and was beached. She afterwards became a total wreck. The crew were saved. Masyerton, May 7. A fatal accident occurred at Alfredtown yesterday. The branch of a falling tree struck a man mimed Wiliam Harris on the bead and instantly killed him. Christchurch, May 7. At Rangoria to-day, Frank Reeves, a baker’s boy, sged sixteen years, was committed for trial on a charge of criminal assault on a g’rl of fifteen. The assault is alleged to have been committed while the girls’ employers were away from the house. Hokitika, May 7. August Olsen, a miner living by himself in a lonely portion of the Totara district, was found dead io his bed. It appeared that he had sustained severe injuries at his claim or water race, and bad crawled to his hut, where he died. The body was very much decomposed when found. At the inquest on the coach accident at Sandy's Hill, by vhich one man was kil ed and o'hers were seriously injured, the finding was that no blame attached to the driver or the proprietor. The remainder of the sufferers are recovering, but Taylor, the driver, is still very bad. Auckland, May 6. Three Natives, brothers, loft Mututa to hunt pigs in the bush above Te Humuhiki. One of them afterwards returned almost naked and out of his mind. He could give no account of the other two. A search party was instituted, and from various traces it was ascertained that the men bad been poisoned by eating honey obtained from a tree. After some time the party tracked the two brothers down the hill to a creek, where they found the eldest brother Pere in the creek quiie dead. About two chains below they found the c'othes of the other man, Te Ngarara, and further on his dead body. At the inquest at Timaru on Monday on the body of William Frederick Campbell’, aged 29, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The evidence went to show that at the time ®f the accident, about midnight on Saturday, the deceased and a young man named Olaf MoMer were racing from the Qrosvenor Hotel, round the Shin Hotel, down Sirathallan street, and back to the Grosvanor. They started the race, and got to the Ship comer when Mbller noticed Campbell fall, and then heard a footstep running after the fall. The night was dark and be could not see him. Deceased ran against a horse-post with great force, and rebounded off into the toad. He then got up and made his way as far as the Beewick street corner, where he foil down, and by his cries managed to attract attention. He was carried to the Grosvenor Hotel, and put to bed, but he declined to have a doctor called. He did not consider himself seriously hurt, nor did those who saw him. About 11 o’clock on Sunday morning Dr Lovegroye was called in,Jbut could find no external marks of injury. He did not suspect a fatal issue and gave Campbell some medicine to relieve the pain he was suffering from. Two or three of his friends stayed the day with him, and when he was left, about 11 o’clock on Sunday night, he appeared better, and would not allow anyone to stay up with him. Next morning about 7 o’clock he was found dead in bed, and the doctor on being called said death had occurred about 3 hours before. The post mortem revealed the fact that deceased had sustained severe internal njuries.