ACCIDENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14210, 26 May 1910, Page 5

ACCIDENTS.

I DEATH AT THE HOSPITAL. Thos. Gladwin, who has been at the Tin-.iru Hospital for the past i'cjv davs' for the purpose i.i being treated for (.nicer in the throat, was yesterday afternoon put nuler the influence o'f chloroform in order that an oper.i:ion might take |ilace for removing the growth. Besides Dr ITlrieh. the resident medical surgui, Drs. Talbot and Dryden \yer. 3 also in attendance. The ai::-!;theiio was St.- < essfuly r.dminis'.-ir-ed. Soon iioiveT>r, a change was rct.'rc 1 in the pa'-n-r.+'s condition, did gradually life became extinct. Deceased was 62 years of ago and was a married man residing at Washdyke, where he was a platelayer on the railway until a year ago, when lie retired on superannuation. An inquest will held at the Courthouse tlus. mornin.tr at 9 o'clock before Mr V. G. Day, Coroner. It is stated that a bicycle accident of a, painful nature occurred yesterday at noon in North street. Three young children, were crossing over on their way to school, when one of them became alarmed at the approach of a cyclist, stepped back into the road and was run oyer. The young man though he sustained a number of ugly bruises, picked up the- other victim of the collision, and had her conveyed home in a cab, as she was bleeding profusely. SIX MEN DROWNED. cPtess Asaociation-By Telegraph-Copyright Received 10 p.m., May 25th. LONDON, May 25. The cruiser Gromoboi's sailing boat capsized at Kronstadt., and sis men were drowned. COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE. The Skerryvore, from Spain, was crossing the Yinnon's bows at night tme, the sea being choppy. The impact was abaft the mainmast, and was followed by a terrific explosion of the boilers. Most of the crew were in their bunks. The Skerryvore foundered in three minutes. The "Vinnon's boats were instantly lowered. The steward was the only survivor. The majority of the victims, except the officers, were foreigners. THROWN FROM HIS HORSE. Per Press Association. HASTING. 5 ;. May 25. Mr John Boyd, a well-known Hawkes Bay sheep farmer, was thrown from his horse and killed yesterday at Inland Paten. A strange coincidence I is that Mr Boyd's wife's mother died j at Clive at the same time. i