ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13679, 22 August 1908, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Per Press Association. GISBORNE, August 21. On the Tyser steamer Indragliiri this morning, a seaman named George Lambert, while stowing cargo, fell down thehatch a distance of 30 feet, and sustained severe injuries. He was sent• to -the: hospital. .. ,' " NAPIER, August 21. ' Clara Ford, aged 73, an old age pensioner, was burnt to- death this morning in a cottage where she was living alone The flames had obtained a strong hol-c when the fire was discovered'. .On .its being subdued the charred remains of'the. old woman were found. The coHaTe, with the adjoining one, which was badly damaged, was owned by Mrs Cohen, n'juL insured in the Queensland office for £250. WELLINGTON, August 2L- ; Mr Sinclair, M.L.C., Dunedin, met with an accident on a tram car to-night. . .He; was about to alight in front of the-Go-; vernment offices, Lambton Quay; when he either slipped or fell and sustained cut s> ; about the head. He was removed to , his lodgings and beyend the injuries men-,: tioned suffers no ill effects. "■•,!: Rangihuatau Hori Tamakiterangi, -of;, Tieke, Wanganui River, who came . to*.. Wellington a fortnight ago,, died atr tho. Strand Cafe last night. An inquest, was: held to-day when it waG shown that deathi was due to pneumonia. Last evening an -accident occurred! Irt Mr Mathias while cycling down .Stafford... F.treet. Coming into collision with," an-." other cyclist, Mr Mathias was thrdmt' violently to the ground.. The (iccicjeriti : i resulted more awkwardly than as stitches to clothing:were more ,n\imwv otis'than plaster cii cuticle\ ;."','-.