ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16448, 31 May 1919, Page 3

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

A DECAYED MAST. Pei* Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 30. At the inquest on Waldemay Lepin, killed on Thursday afternoon through a mast of the Baden Powell breaking and falling on him, the evidence showed that the mast was decayed, but it was impossible to detect the fact from the outside. The master of the vessel considered the masts of vessels should not be painted. The coroner returned an open verdict, there being no evidence of negligence on the part of any person engaged in working the cargo. DEATH IN GAOL.

NAPIEE, May 30. The man John Peat, who was admitted to hospital yesterday from Napier Gaol, died at noon to-day. It is supposed that he died of cerebro spinal meningitis, but the cause of death will not he established until bacteriological examinations, which are now being made, are completed. An inquest will be held. BUEIED IN GEAVEL PIT. MOEEINSVILLE, May 29. A young man named Edward Arthur Parkinson, son of Mr. T. Parkinson, of Motumaoho, who was working for the Piako County Council, was killed by a fall of earth at the County Council pit yesterday. He was seen going with’ a’, team to the pit in the morning, and was found buried in the evening under a quantity of dirt. ■ Deceased was a returned soldier, about 20 years of age, and was only recently married. /