ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12027, 28 March 1903, Page 4

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Per lie.:, A--..- ; !;..aon. whan. .;■•::. Marck 27 . William Stead, of ".' was killed by a tree falling on »... NAPIER, March 27. A fatal accident occurred to-day at a contracting camp at Waipuna, about 30 miles ;rom Napier. During blasting operations a piece of rock struck one of the workmen, John Greenawav, on the head, rendering him unconscious". The injured man was brought into the Napier Hospital this afternoon. An examination showed that the skull was fractured, and Greenaway died at 7.30 this evening. Deceased ™ s about 26 years of age, a£& unmarried!

, ~ WELLINGTON, March 27. A verdict of accidental death was reor , a storekeeper of Porirua Zh £ ??. m n , ries received to his head of the 19th mat. near Johnsonville In regard to the death of Mrs Mary Montgomery, a woman 58 years of aw, was found dead at her Lome in Tory street the Coroner's jnry returned a verdict of death, from heart failure.

. CHRISTCHCRCH, March 97 A gal named Mabel Buxton was r\in over by a truck of wheat, which was at- * traction engine at Swannanoa on Wednesday evening, and killed. At the inquest the xewfict was accidental death out a rider was returned that one of the •engine-men was somewhat to blame for not -doimr more to prevent eh:idren riding on the drawbar of the truck after having "once warjted them off. °

•DUNEDTN, March 27. A young man named Shepherd, who was •employed in the Woodhaugh paper mills, "is now in the hospifal as a result, ■■ ;.i----•rently, of an attempt to commit *•:;- ve. Ha was found on the beach witu tnrfe Tevo?ver ballets in his" head, his ■ and -a revolver with three emp'v cliaml. rs being Bound close at hand. One ere has been iJffi - des A TO s'« '•. and the o"<i.pr bullets X,!" th ? for enead. Thn.. lirh none of tns bullets have been extracted, it is rejected that he will recover