ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16448, 3 June 1919, Page 6

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

A BODY RECOVERED. Per Press Association, WELLINGTON.. June 2. The body found on the beach this morning is supposed to ho that of William James Hickey, lost in the Buller some fire weeks back. MAORI SOLDIER’S DEATH. NAPIER. June 2. The adjourned inquest was hold today on Hiko Auaru, a Maori returned soldier found injured in the Caledonian Hotel on Saturday week, and who died in hospital later. The verdict was that death was due to fracture of the base of the skull caused by a fall -while intoxicated. A MOTOR' FATALITY: WELLINGTON, June 3. Information was received this afternoon of a fatal motor accident at Hillgrove by which Mrs. J. Mahoney, wife of a farmer at Enfield, was killed. It appears that a party of four were on their way to Dunedin in a car owned and driven by John Mahoney, the others being Mrs. Mahoney, Miss Mahoney and Duncan Cameron. At a sharp corner on the Kartigi Road the car met a dray, and, in order to avoid a. collision the car turned into a bank and capsized. Mrs. Mahoney was thrown out violently and killed instantaneously. Miss Mahoney had her jawbone broken, besides injuries to her hip. Cameron received slight injuries, and Mahoney escaped unscathed. Mrs. Mahoney was aged 61, A CHILD RUN OVER. * NAMIER, June 2. Another motor accident occurred today. Jack Fox, aged four years, son of Conductor Fox of the City Band, was run over by a motor car on Marine Parade. His thigh and skull were fractured, and he is in hospital in a serious state. THE RECORD AT NAPIER. NAPIER, June 2. Napier had a chapter of motor accidents during the week-end. Dennis Crowley, a resident of Clive for over 40 years, was knocked down and killed hj y a car at Clive while ho was crossing the road. He became confused on the approach of a car driven from Hastings to Napier with a load of hockey players. An inquest was opened and adjourned till Saturday evening. William James Munro, a. clerk in Niven’s, was found unconscious on the Napier Terraco, having been run oyer by a car, which had driven off leaving Munro lying on the road. He was taken to the hospital, where a. slight improvement in his condition is reported. The driver of the car has not been discovered. A car proceeding to Hastings on Saturday night after the theatre was overturned at AVaitangi. No one was injured. On Sunday two cars collided at the hospital gates. No one was injured.