ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 11663, 23 January 1902, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Unite** Press Association —Per Electrfj 'J'eJ egrapli—Copyright. Received 9.43, a.m., January 22nd. . SYDNEY, January 22. Eastern news states that a fire at .-Canton destroyed 800 houses and 20 lives- were lost. A steam launch with about 200 passengers on board sank in the River Mandovy, at Panjun. Only 31 were rescued, 16 of whom died. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, January 22. A fatal accident is reported from Foster's bush, near CoromandeL Charles Bennett and William Reddy went into the bush with the object of felling trees.;- Reddy was; Tip' a tree cutting off aj branch, and Bennett clearing ■underneath, when a large limb fell and pinned Bennett to the ground. Reddy" could not lift the limb off Bennett. He went for assistance, but when help arrived Bennett was dead. Bennett leaves a wife and three children:. \ GISBORNE. January 22. At the inquest to-day on the Zealandia, concerning the death of Thomas Eyre, a retired mine* manager and a passenger on the round trip, the evidence showed that Mr Eyre enjoyed fine health, but on reaching Auckland "he became bad from constipation. He refused to ajlow his friends to send for a doctor, saying that he would soon be well. He went from his berth to the social hall, where he passed away as in sleep. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned, and that everything possible had been done by the officials and others for his comfort.