ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143765, 13 April 1912, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

KILLED BY A TRUCK. Per Press Association. . HASTINGS, April 12. _ Frederick Hicks, aged 25, temporarily employed at Vvilliains and Kettle’s ns storeman, was pushing an empty truck from the firm’s private siding to the railway line, but failed to put the brake on in time, and, not noticing a stationary truck, somehow got his head jammed between the buffers. Death was instantaneous. FATAL FALL FROM A HORSE. ' CHRISTCHURCH, April 13. "William Toon, aged 49, a resident of Addington, was killed by a fall from his horse yesterday. A POISONING CASE. CHRISTCHURCH, April 13. William Henry Williams, aged 36, a compositor, was admitted to the hospital last night, suffering from tho effects of poison, supposed to be self administered. Fits condition was then serious, but he was slightly better this morning. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THAMES. April 13. William MTCee, a young married man, received injuries likely to prove fatal while working in a deep level crosscut. M’Kee was engaged in tho face of a large atone in the root of the drive, which came away and crushed him to the floor. His spina was injured and he sustained a fractured leg.