ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13920, 3 June 1909, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

PARACHUTIST DISAPPEARS. Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright LONDON, June. 1. Bidmead, a, parachutist, while attempting a descent at iVortJiaiupton, Jost Ins parachute, and was carried away hanging below his balloon in the presence, of 1000 holiday-makers. He lias not since been heard of. RETURN TO EARTH. Received 30.45 p.m., .Tune 2nd. LONDON, June 2. Bidmead clung for 90 minutes to the wooden ring which was attached to the cording. He was nearly exhausted when the balloon gradually dropped to the ground, and he alighted safely. SUICIDE OF AN ARMY OFFICER. LONDON, June I. Captain Duckworth, who was wounded' at Spionkop, committed suicide in a hotel in London. Deceased was n nephew of Canon Duckworth and Dr. Dyce Duckworth. Per Press Association. HOKITIKA, Juno 2. A young girl named Mary Hall, employed in the Occidental Hotel, threw herself from the railway bridgeJnto the Hokitika river about 6 p.m. Her cries for help brought an oil launch to the scene, and she was rescued. Beinsx thoroughly exhausted, considerable difficulty was experienced in bringing her round, but the latest advices state that she is recovering.

The steps at the front of the Timaru Courthouse..are uulikc most other steps, in that they are not in front of the entrance door, but lead up to it from the side of the building. This unusual placing of the steps was responsible for an accident last evening. When the Court was emptying in the dark, an old man, who was evidently unacquainted with the building, walked straight ahead after he passed through the door and landed heavily on the asphalt below, a drop of between two and threp feet. Fortunately he escaped without any broken bones, but when nicked up was found to be a good deal shaken.