ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144421, 8 July 1914, Page 7

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

KILLED IN A LEAVED-PIT. WSK PRESS ASSOCIATION. WANGANUI, July 8. A man named M'Gowan, 65 years old, was killed at Waitotara yesterday Uy a fall of earth in a gravel pit. At the inquest a verdict of a«d<ientai death was returned. A BROKEN CHAIN. AUCKLAND, July 7. There was a somewhat lengthy inquest to-day concerning the death of Thos. Rutland, the workman who fell over thirty feet on Monday while engaged on a building in Queen Street, and died almost immediately. The deceased was on a heavy girder which was being lilted into position by steampower. A link in the heavy chain suddenly broke, and tho falling block from the tacfclo struck the deceased on the head and ho fell on to the logs below, receiving fatal injuries. Expert evidence was to the effect that the metal in the steel chain was rendered brittle by the frost of the previous night, and this probably caused it to break. The coroner, after full inquiry, found that death was accidental, no blame being attachable to anyone. SUDDEN DEATH. EOXTON, July 7. A sudden death occurred hero shortly before five o’clock this evening. Mrs Henderson, relict of the late Vrm. Henderson, a well-known Marten settler, who was on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. A. Hawke, had just returned from paying an afternoon call. She complained of fooling unwell, and passed away in a few minutes. Death was due to heart failure. Deceased leaves a grown-up family of two sons and four daughters. A BRAKESMAN’S DEATH. &REYMOUTH, July 7. At the adjourned Inquest into the« circumstances attending the death of Peter Ewart, who was killed by a tramway accident at the Paroa sawmill on Tuesday last, tho verdict was that deceased met his death by being thrown from a runaway truck, on which ho was acting as brakesman. AN ARCHITECT’S SUICIDE. WELLINGTON, July 8. Albert Liddie, aged 45, tho son of John Liddie, a well-known theatrical manager a quarter of a century ago, and brother-in-law of the Hon. W. Pitt, of Sydney, has committed suicide. He was found in his office this morning with a bullet wound through his head, and a revolver tied to his hand. Ho wag last seen on Monday night, and appeared in good health and spirits. He acted as superintending architect for the new Grand Opera House.