ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13712, 29 September 1908, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Per Press Association. UISBOHNE, Sept. 28. * At the inquvsi on Hurry Nptton, « bmhfeller, who wwi killed near Tologa Buy, a v\i(Uct was lettimed that h<*was /«tally injuied wlu)»t bwshfelling. . The evideac© showed that the deceased struck by a lolling wl»n $ tree fall, and carried inui oter a, cliff, 20ft deep. *" •, , WkLLI^TON^M.,.2B, * S.unwl Bolton, a yo«% tmis, died midd«nly at Jioapilal Iheo,. evening, having only been adtuittsd>. short-time before, apjMreutly suffering frdfii k fit., . / , HOKITIKA, Sept. 2% j John Pearee, « witnesft fat; f He» def«?itc» in the Wtstport perjury cade* died' ratbe* suddenly at the Cafe tfc» Pari* Jlotel ahoyfe 9.50 t hie. moroing. had been ailing for some tins;, and adoctor wa# colledin last night. It was intended to remov© tha patienb to the* hospital t6-d«y l butr vfbm he wjjt» being dmy«ed life suddenly expired: He said, Ik> .had b*n suffering from miner* complaint, DUNKDLV, Sept. 28. 'I he ii»ju< on the bgdy of Thomas t'orr, aged 24 y<«ar#, who died us tho it* wilt of injuries bu*lifted in consequence of au explosion on the Mount at < Port ClialnK>tt> on Jwptembor l«t» wn* opened to day. Xo evidence was-given as to how the vxplotiion occurred, bofe istateinftntfi itere made to the <fftet that .a fin' containing » gullon or gallon Had a faalf of bfenzina was in the storeroom At the time: The tin wu« labelled, "Do nofchamllfe; 1 Benzine; DiUigt-roun," Tlrtre weix> two 4mnll hole* in the top of the tin. Tlw medical evidence (showed that-. Gorr'a death w:i* due to, evpUo tabsorpHofl - following burns and eellniitw. Tho "inqnefet iraa journed for ,» week, to thfe «vf'lmw, of Nicol, who tut still fwhi the injuries he received nt th% linie of th© explosion.

Mr Tlioiiias TornJbulf, »«dion*«rin th« National Mortgage aisd Agehcy Company, performed, a plucky action in tb* main ulreet yesterday tnnrninjr and ona wb»eb probably ftwrtied ronsVfer&bb low; Mr G, Watt» bad in the ordinary counsw of btssmt'ss, left ft pair of horMfl attached to the aerated water van nt&tidihg outside th* Crown Hoi«V whfcn «ah<S* thing suddidtljr *i«rt!o3 tHW' and Vtlwy made off at, a gnrut alobg Stafford street, B«»ing th'eni approaching GabiU* hill, Mr TttrnbuH ftn't<?!fei bi* opportun itr arid as they got opposite where hj« wiur standing Iw ronhed but jn na «n----deavour to catch lh<i reinfr, thereby running the ri»k oif being kwd»J;.io«ii -mM run dvbr. * H« »«ccbode| in pitting hold of th{* rsin* and,. .op, h* very won brought the dccHfed MiitfuQh. Ib *• 4tnd<