ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES
A MINISTER KILLED. Press Assoaiat.ion-By Telegraph-Copyright SYDNEY, ..May 11. The Rev. M. Allen, Presbyterian minister, met with a fatal accident on Sunday while driving; to cliurcli at Bilambil. His horse bolted and 'threw him out of the buggy. EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE, . ROME, May' 10. An explosion destroyed a factory Snht Eusebio, Genoa.- Four persons were killed and two injured. BURNT TO DEATH. Per Presa . Association. WHANGAREI, May 11. An account received .Ijy ,the police of the death of ' Childs, ait old: resident of Mahuigakarimeii, .states that deceased's hut!; was destroyed by fire, and the remains' of the Victim wero found among tlie,. ruins yester/lay. faltTlwer k, CLIFF. TAHIAPE, May 11. Patrick Riley, a'single :inan ; aged 24, a navvy working .at .Kawatau, near Mangaweka, while riding last "night with his two. mates to camp, disappeared over the cliff into the river. Riley rode behind the.; others, Vlio received the first intimation of Tihe loss by the riderless horsS joining them. Tho men went hack and heard Riley call out from'the river, but could not get to him owing to the high;cliff. Tliey went to the police'for assistance. A search was promptly instituted;-' and ' was renewed at daybreak, ; so far withoutresult. THE CANOE DISASTER. ' ' ' NELSON, "May 11. Practically all hope is now given up regarding the fate of, Harry Douglas Jackson, aged 16, a soil of Ralph Jackson, of Nelson, and 'WillSath Lightband, senr., of Rrightwater," who went; ont with a Canadian caiibe sit Rabbit Island, and liave been missing. since Wednesday. Dragging for the bodies lias been resultless,. 'and no trace of the> canoe can bo found. DANGEROUS CROSSINGS. PALMERSTON N., May 11. A conference of Chambers of the East and West. Coast to-day resolved ill at owing to the serious loss of life at railway crossings, the time lias arrived when the Government , should appoint crossing-keepers to guard \he railway line in busy thoroughfares.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13901, 12 May 1909, Page 5
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