ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144297, 12 January 1914, Page 2

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

A TRAP ACCIDENT. PM PRESS ASSOCIATION. ASHBURTON, Jan. 12. A seriotifl accident occurred on th« Mount Somers Road yesterday afternoon. Mrs, Kevin, wifli a year-old baby and three other children, Mrs. Bowden, senior, aged 80 years, and Messrs. Bowden and Novin were driving in a heavy spring cart. Ncvin alighted at the loot of a hill to lighten tho! load, but hiss distance up the incline the, bonus began to run backwards. Bowden jumped out and tried to stop it. but the cart went o T er the side of the bank and fell thirty feet into shingle below, turning over three times and finally resting on (Tie two women. One child was among the horse’s feet, but the others were thrown clear. With somo difficulty the cart was lifted off the women, who were unconscious. Mrs. Niven had her collarbone broken and Mrs. Bowden and one child were much'bruised. A MOTOR ACCIDENT. "waTrOA, Jan. 12. C. E. Pulley, harbour works contractor, sustained” a broken rib and slight puncture of a lung by his car overturning on Erasertown Road. A DEMENTED PATIENT. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 11. A young woman named Mary Scott, 24 years of ago, a school teacher at Charlton. Banks Peninsula, was admitted to the Alexandra Private Hospital, Eerry Road, on January 6. suffering from blood poisoning. She was operated cn and progressed satisfactorily. Early last night, however, sfie was found on the ground at the back of the hospital, having jumped out of a window. Her skull was fractured and death must have been almost instantaneous. A * post mortem' showed , that deceased was suffering from meningitis. BOY DROWNED. WANGANUI. Jan. 11. An oleven-ycar-old boy named Skeen ■was drowned at Castlecliff on Saturday. While bathing in tho surf he was caught in the under-tow. A companion made a gallant attempt at rescue. , A SUDDEN DEATH. DUNEDIN, Jan. 11. About half-past eight last night, Robert August Jager, a resident, of South Dunedin, aged 35 years, was sitting in the top gallery of tho Princess Theatre, watching the pictures, when he was suddenly overcome and fell face downwards. A- doctor, was called in, hut found that life had departed. HAYMAKING ACCIDENT. AUCKLAND, Jan. 11. Whilst haymaking, Reid Harper, of Rosedale Park, Pukekohe, met with a serious accident. The two , horses in the waggon bolted, and, in attempting to stop the runaways, Harper was knocked down, one horse treading on him, and the wheels passing oyer his shoulder. Concussion of the brain and an injured, lung were sustained, but. no hones were broken. Harper is progressing favourably. RAILWAY SHUNTER KILLED. DUNEDIN, Jan. IT. A railway shunter named James O’Mahoney, a single man,, aged about 30 years,’was killed in the Dunedin railway vards whilst shunting. He ran in front of the trucks to alter, the points, but slipped on a rail and fell, and the trucks passed over his legs, crushing both severely, Ho was removed to the hospital where he died at 6 p.m., after having undergone an operation in which one of his legs was amputated. DEATH IN THE STREET. WELLINGTON. Jan. 11. Tho inquest concerning the death of a woman who collapsed in street near Parliament Buildings on Wednesday, and expired in a few minutes, disclosed an unusual state of affairs, deceased not being definitely identified. She had been staying with friends at Tawa Flat. and medical evidence showed that the woman, who .was near, confinement. died from heart trouble. Henrv James Forbes, a farmer of Woodlands, Southland, said deceased had been housekeeper for his father some Tears aih! went under tno name of Elizabeth Jeffrey. Since their she had been in the Chatham Islands, and witness had not seen her for 12 months. She had said she was married, and that her name was Reynolds. Witness believed she had a brother, but did not know where. As there was still uncertainty as to deceased’s identity. tlie coroner returned a verdict that she died'from heart failure. SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES. AUCKLAND, Jan. 12. John Harton Bell, who sustained a fractured skull and broken leg by a fall on the wharf, died at the hospital.