ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13941, 29 June 1909, Page 6

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

«K CRUSHED BY AN ELEPHANT. Bk-'* _ Association-By Telegraph-Copyright h SYDNEY, June 28. ti' A man named Harry Dale, employed '£ ,'afc Wirth's circus, was attacked by an % 'enraged elephant %nd crushed to death. |: Deceased came from Invercargill. fr * S,l ' SUPPOSED SUICIDE. |; A MAN -UNKNOWN. If Received 12.5 a.m., June 29th. ;*._ SYDNEY, June 28. I*': "An inquest was held to-day on the p ""tody of an unknown aged about £ 30 years, who had a feanshot wound ;n C the head. The body was found at stprospect reservoir. Among a number almost obliterated entries in a %> pocket-book is one entry dated May pi 28th —"Leaving Wellington to-night.'-showed that the man had a |£'small account in a New Zealand bank p*~Wh»rh on May IStfc. he increased to the of £SO. which had been received p-by cable. It is supposed to be acase suicide, and an open verdict was fa* 'returned. j£;_ £ DAZED AND DROWNED. i"T. 1 Per Press Association* '■:- TAURANGA, June 28. ii. Andrew Haua, a well-known ex-foot-fr '.bailer, was drowned about two o'clock ff'on Sunday morning in the Uretawa Ig/rirer, at "Katfkati. He had gono fc'from Tanranga to referee a football E match, and was waiting on the wharf Sg-lfbr the tide, to return home. In ||lgamg on board he tripped on a rope |pand fell off the wharf and struck ins ifjrhead on the launch. He - rose to §Hi..t&e surface and called out " Save me," EF'and then disappeared. Two comp* penions plunged in, but were unable p&to see him. The body was recovered ■ftjnon after daylight. Deceased reAuckland in the Rugby Union of 1893-4, and was well-known *f and popular in all branches of athgj<Jeticsr "He leaves a widow and three - > children. t L>- FALL OVER A CLIFF. & June 28. '* ' Bartholomew Dennehy, road con- ■} tractor, who was injured by falling : " down the face of a cutting at Manapoike on. Thursday last ,died in a pri- ' vate hospital, not having recovered consciousness. He leaves a widow and • five children. Deceased had been worka rope round him, and when shifting, fell over the cliff, a distance >o£ about SO feet, being struck on the •head with a rock, t '■ ___^__— — f- A CRITICAL CASE. f - - NELSON, June 28. V ■ "A" young man named George Lester, <f'af Matakitaki, was iniured on WcdnesC'day whilst bushfelling, his arm being A'SBverely crushed and broken. 'He was n-brought to Nelson Hospital yesterday "and now lies in a critical condition.

SERIOUS SEIZURE. MASTERTON, June 28. Afr James, S.AI., had a sudden and rather serious seizure yesterday afternoon, necessitating Ins being carried to his room. To-day his condition .is somewhat improved, but ho will he confined to his house for a week at least. A SHOCKING DEATH. CHRISTCHURCH, June 28. Air A. Black, engineer at Air G. \Y. J. Parsons' monumental works. was caught lwnepth the machinery this afternoon and severely injured. One of his arms was torn off, and Air Black received other severe injuries to his head and body. He was taken to the hospital with, all promptitude, but died shortly afterwards.