ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13298, 29 May 1907, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

POISONED BY" GAS

Press Association-Bv Telegraph-Copyright ■SYDNEY, May 28.

A woman name d Eva Millen, together with -her mother, ■ Mrs Moore, and her daughter Olga, were poisoned by an escape! of gas in a room at Paddington. Mrs Millen is dead, - and the others are in a critical condition. Mrs Milieu's husband is supposed to. be in New Zealand. FATAL TORNADO IN TEXAS. / NEW YORK, May 27. A tornado killed eleven persons/and injured 60 at Fort Worth, Texas. ' *

TRAMCAR JUMPS THE RAILS. A PASSENGER KILLED,. FREMANTLE, May 28. The brakes failing, a tfaincar ieft the rails, and dashed into a fence. A man named Fallon .was killed, and his wife "and another passenger, ' and the motorman were injured. Per Press Association. - AUCKLAND, May 28. A woman aged about nineteen years fell into the harbour fropx the Quay street jetty last night under cimimstances thfrt were rather extraordinary. The accident happened between 11. and 12 o'clock and was first discovered by the Northern Company's, night watchman who ran on • board the Kanieri for a life belt, which he threw to the woman. She failed to secure the float, whereupon the nightwatchman ran up the wharf to apprise, the people on the Aupouri which was on the po,int of sailing. Hie second officer (Mr Adolplius Parris) heard the woman's screams, rushed on deck and picked up a heaving line. Mr Parris proceeded in the direction whence the screams came. The young Woman was struggling in the water and being carried under the wharf. Air Parris threw the coil of rope about her and pulled in the slack and the woman caught the rope with her hands. After about three minutes a crowd came down the wharf; one young: man jumped overboard and one of H.M.S. Pioneer's boats came to th# rescue. Both the young man and the young: woman were picked up by the boat" and landed safely at the man-o'-wa.r steps. Henry McLeod, employed/by a restaur-ant-keeper in Paniell, has been reported as missing since about 4 p.m. on the 21st Mav. McLeod bad been in ill-health and had recently come out of the hospital. He was paralysed in the right arm and seemed to be"; in low spirits when last seen. He is Z5 years of age.

COLLINGWOOD, May 27,

At the Slate River sluicing claim this morning, a falling rock smothered Louis James, aged 24, the second son of Frank James of Put-amahoi, whose other son was killed in the Boer War. Efforts to extricate "the imprisoned man were made, but unavailingly. The body has been recovered.

NAPIER, Mav 27.

Mrs Martin, wife of John -Martin, tailor, a very old resident of Napier, died suddenly this morning. She was well-known and highly esteeuvd. She was 76 years of age and with her husband had be°n living in Napier for 44 years. In 1905 Mr and 'Mrs Martin celebrated their golden wedding.

CHRISTCHURCH. May 27.

The schooner Morning Lifflit which, arrived at "Lyttelton from Collinsnvood y-rs-terdaT, after a stormy pafssure of 17 da-vs. Inut a man overboard. When 45 miles N.jST.E. of Lyttelton Heads the schooner shipped a lieaw sea over the port sirte at- about 11 p.m. on Saturday and the pT] carried oft i\. lifebuoy "wit-h. lights attached thrown to him. and he wa S seen about 40 feet astern rvriinmina: for the buov. A h»avy sea then struck him and he" sank. The man shipped as Charles Robert*, but, it is stated tint 3us vpal tmnie ia Harold Golfs, formerly of TT.M.S. ProiiietlieitF'.