Accidents and Fatalities.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 12818, 28 March 1905, Page 5

Accidents and Fatalities.

'■■*♦• . • r Per Press Association. ', • tAiuolvlaiid, Maitfli 27.n A su4iden.. death toofc.iilacte, at Wm.liku on Sulnd^yiJ woa^uSD^'^Tlhbs^ TiSnaaKmi aged about 35 yeai"B, went outside of ;his father's .resildence, sco/i his mother, oil' going b,utt sihorftly ,ter to see wfeerei «. &.e ,-wasi (fomnjcl him •yin^T dead within a few yatfdte^of the house in a pool of Wooid, he ihaiving bxo!keii a b:ood vessel. Deceased had complained of a heavy colid for some time. * -' , \ ; -, Diuneidin, Mar^dh 27. Joihn Mt3(Bb?oy, an[ inmate ] of the Home for tine Aiged Poor CdadluJcted 1 by tJio Sisters of the Aged Poor, diekl srtidklen-ly io-clay. It is sju|piposed le was choked by a piece of mieat at (tinner. ( '.- dMJarfclh 27. Injector Ellison hlas 1 recfeiv^d a m=essage from Blenheim tjhat en m^n named Percy John Cozens, 21 years of ag<!, J accitieintally \ t , $dm (himpell while ota.t pijT-minting at Ofeanamio. Ec 'died almost immecKately after tthe aocifdent. parents reside at Okaramio. % . Infvertearjgill, Marcji 27. < A sShbctking accident o.ccuijreid oii f Saturday, njgjbt, the express, dbehere 1 ost eldw&n,- ijunning! into a) railway y-elac^eicie osn- wthidh , were two men, Ai^anidjer RedcKe, sjujrfaqebj/ain, / and EC«naiyl tTajnTfefeofn, exr^ailwjay seriviant, WiUßoi the a^d . of the Wtestiin^ofuse bfrjajkle tibe ej?qp(r«ss was prom(pily ftyrll- 7 eB upj. Janiesoax was. picjk«ict up unconsinodus, , with .. his rigiht arm, leg, anfci' rib^ btotken, and) his heaid injurddj. -He ;<Hefd | before reaahingt town. Rejcjdie has botjh legs broken below the kmjee, an(d Ms head ist iiijujrpd. iß<e is atoMble to gfare a, coonecteid .a'cteo'unt of f the affair,. It appears' tifoat on heajrimg the train approaching, .they a**ki get off to move the velocipede, but were overtaken, R^die is in the hospital, in .a Critical state. JAM ike ) iniqjuest on tihe tfoay of Henry 'Jamieson, Redidie, eocaminejd in' she hospital, stated - th(artJ ijbe and -Jamieson had a few! shandies in the Woadfands Hotel, anft deceased hfefd a lew igjam.es of cards.. , I?hiey left vat dosing Jup' time. IHe' did *noifc they, took liqujor away, with tjhienv> Gettdog on the trolley,, tihiey, reaclted' home at Lotngibush several mimrtes bolore the express. Jamieson wpfuitl not jump, off,. Perhaps the dlriidfc had affected , him 'by that time. jWirfcness a&rged' him to get off, anji thten iriefd to get. the fteolley off the line,: but :oud<d not mjaaage it. Hfe > toM dfethlat- thp- engine wiasHm ifliena, but the 'latter appeared to be nitmb. Witness was onideavouring to (p(uill the trolley off when the engine strtuok itHe hati charge of the trolley, afl(d had no rigfct to >use it . for the putipose he did Tke engine 'head ligiht was btuTntng. TJiere were none i to bl'atne but Jamieson anld himself. liawrence 'Eraser, gatiger, saiß R^ddie h^ always been a siteajdy, reliable man, anid there was no- fcfcajeioh why he should not be eniifiiS'teja', with t/hte trolley. ... cl John iSargeant, engln,©-dTiv©r, said tide .was. gibing forty mileis ail -ho«r ;: Tlie s>w the trolley |u&t before strfking it, ' anid- saw twia men r>ubning towards it. v Hte ifid not see anyr one on tKe trolley. : .Tine t jury J jgi^^A^ '$ .ver'dSdt that Jamaestm was killed by a oollisoton of the train with the f velocijp'ekle, no blame being at/tacjhable to the Railway Department,. - ,