ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13438, 9 November 1907, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

CARRIAGE IN A CANAL. FOUR PERSONS DROWNED. Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright AMSTERDAM, November 7. A carriage conveying A. van Panhuys, Dutch Minister of State, his brother and their wives, drove into the canal at Hoogkery in a fog. All were drowned. Per Press Association. NELSON,' November 8. A man named John Barr Aitken, a, miner, of Collingwood, was found drowned in Si. Vincent street gutter this morning. He was lying face downwards with his hands in his pockets and in the vicinity were blood stains.' The .curious circumstance of the hands ' being found in the pockets is arousing suspicion. Aitken arrived in Nelson oil Sunday with other miners; There are no marks of violence except a graze above one eye, a slight cut on the chin, and an indention on the nose and forehead, probably caused by stones in the fall. It is unknown whether the blood stains in the vicinity are from a human being or a beast or bird, as the marks are slight, but it is thought they are probably from a dog Deceased was addicted to drink, and was separated from his Avife, who is at Millertbn, and who recently applied for a maintenance order . A summons- for disobedience of the order was found on him; the' sum of £67 was owing to his wife, and he was due to appear at Westport: The police theory is that Aitken committed suicide.

HOKITTKA, Nov. 8. An old Chinaman while engaged whitebait fishing was accidentally drowned this afternoon. The body iras* recovered.