Accidents and Fatalities.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 12817, 27 March 1905, Page 7

Accidents and Fatalities.

. Per Press Association, . - „.'[ i'^i.^iaJjoxiic; 4lar.ch 26. At KJaitaratahi on -Saturday night, William S.dmoW/ 1 aged 80/* -employed at the sawmill, was drowned., He was crossing the railway bridge, when a in>an preceding him heard a splash, and looking round found' that Soniers had disappeared i * rDecoased had probably struck the bridge -when 1 falling, but ' as there- was 1 ' a' drop of 65 feet, there was bii't" little hope for Him. n ' Wellington, (March 27. A young man named. Sylvan McDonald/ while , cycling down a- hill near Island Bay, collided* with . a horse, and died in the hospital*' •' : ' 'AftdklawJ, Maxell 27. 'IJfdwin Gongh. 'aged 50, a painter, fell' Mse'ni^stai^^rtihe Britisji' { " Hotel, and suWtaineld injuries rpaiulting ia his deatt. ' i ' Taihap^/ TJlarch '27. A man named Mich / a'2l Walsh, ongaged in railway construction at Turarigarere, was badly 'injured jon Friday while blasting a piece of rook. He was str,uck in. the, neckj 'Cutting- fcveral veins, and .died before a doctor arrived. He leaves a widow and family m the South Island. Napier, March 27. Albert Smith, ]4 years old, a son of Mr E. L. Smith, builder, was drowned while f bathing in tho surf yesterday. He dived, through the breakers nnd swam out seawards, getting, mto difficultiqs. A companion named AViiaders pluekily - went, to his rescue, and I narrowly escaped drowning.