ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144357, 23 March 1914, Page 7

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

FALL FROM A CLIFF. *BB PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, March 22. The body of a man about 40 years old was found this morning at the foot of the cliffs at Orakei. Death was evidently duo to a fall from the top of the cliifs, a distance of a-bout 30ft., on to the rocks below. Uocoasod’s identity is unknown. AUCKLAND, Marchf 23. Tho man whose dead body was found at tho foor of a cliff has been, identified as Stuart Lyell, a middle-aged man. BOY KILLED BY MOTOR. WANGANUI, March 22. A six-year-old buy, named Leslie Gosnoll, was run over by a motor-car yosterday, and died in the hospital this morning. DEATH FROM A FALL. WELLINGTON, March 22. William H. Geary, a wharf labourer, who refilled ai 21 Cumberland I’lace. diet! at tho hospital to-day as a result <;f injuries recervd on Saturday week, when, whilst in the net ol climbing imo an express in the street. slipped and fell on his head, sustaining concussion of iiio brain. | A CARPENTER KILLED. j INVERCARGILL. -March 22. _ | Alfred Miceai ) Hannan, a single j man. aged 2* years, a carpenter, tel! ; (rate, the roof of the new gr.eiis shed I on Saturday, a flidifier ef 25ft., ; through the sl;yli;:h'. and broke his kg j and arm. He sustained sever- injuries | to his skull, and was nenovid to ilie t hospital. He never regained eote-i-ians- j res..;, anil died hist night. 1 AN IM.MRiKANT’S DEATH. GISBORNE. March 23. | A middle-aged intn war found dead 1 in a ikiorvay near a. building in course of construction. He ha,.s L , identified a-- W. Julios, an immigrant who arrived from Enghind in September j last. He had been working in the 1 country. The man had boon drinking about town and spent the night out in the storm. The coroner returned a v< rdict of death from ph-uriy. A YOUTH DROWNED. HOKITIKA. March 23. James Thomson, ag'.i Iyears, the second son of J. W. Thomson, harbourmaster at Okarito, lost i.L'i life oa Friday at Five Mia> Greek. lie was taking stores up the c.vt.k in a boat and, not returning, search was made next day. His body was found on Saturday afternoon in the creek. FOUND DEAD. WANGANUI, March 23. A man, Aamed E. Hodren. a secondhand dealer, was Jov.nu dead on his premises this morning. L’cr.-.u'w-g was an old identity and weil known on tho coast. SHOOTING ACCIDENT. OAMARU, March 23. Edward Parktr, suilmaker and boxing master a; Wailaai High School, while rabbit shoaling yesterday, shot himself, lie. had to have ids id I foot amputated, but is prep-e.-sing well. LEVEL CROSSING ACCIDENT. NAPIER, March 23. There was a narrow escape of a very scrioos accident at tho gasworks railway crossing as tho first train was arriving this morning from Hastings. A taxi-driver, Joim Black, got his car right on to the raouils before ho observed that tho train was upon him. Ho made a desperate effort to swerve off, but the engine caught the rear wheel and carried tbe car into the cattlo-stop, completely wrecking it. Black was thrown -with considerable force some distance out, but escaped with a severelycut head. Tho crossing is a very dangerous one, several fatalities having occurred there, and the Government has boon repeatedly urged to install an alarm.