ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Thames Star, Volume LXII, Issue 17363, 28 February 1928, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

A WOMAN'S DEATH. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) HAWERA, Feb. 28. Millicent Elizabeth Richter (42), the wife of a Mokoia farmer, who was found unconscious on the main road near her home on Friday evening, and who was sent to the hospital with severe head injuries, died about 11 on Saturday night without having regained consciousness. ' SMALL BOY DIES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) HAWERA, Feb. 28, After two weeks' hospital treatment for head injuries, Roy Edward Jackson (6) died last evening. The boy was injured on February 2 in running across a road in Hawera to meet his father. .He crossed behind a stationary car and ran into the path of a moving car which was following the one driven by the boy's father. The driver swerved but could not avoid the boy, who was struck by the mudguard. FALL FROM MOTOR-CYCLE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) HAMILTON, Feb. 28. As the result of a fall from a motor cycle, Matthew Darby (19), whose parents'reside in Auckland, was admitted to the Waikato Hospital last night, suffering from severe injuries to his head, and concussion. The accident occurred about five o'clock near Rukuhia cheese factory. His condition is reported to be fair. A BUSHMAN KILLED. (By Telearraph.—Press Association**. ' TAUMARUNUI, Feb. 28. A fatal accident occurred in the bush beyond Manunui yesterday afternoon. W. Aiding, a married man, aged a ,bushman, employed as a crosscutter by Ellis and Burnand, went to fell a punga fern, with which to .construct a stage round a rimu that .had been scarfed. He cut the punga and was looking up to watch it as it fell. It stnuck a nearby tree, detaching a branch, which fell and struck Aiding in the eye, penetrating the brain. Aiding was conveyed to the Taumarunui hospital, where he died at 10.30 last night. WORKLESS MAN FOUND HUNG. 'By Telegraph—Press Association.,, MASTERTON, Feb. 28. Jack Dent, aged about 46, a returned soldier and ex-naval man, who arrived in Masterton from Wellington a few days ago seeking work, was found hanging this morning from a tree in the Solway Showgrounds, at the entrance to the avenue. BUS COLLIDES WITH TRAM. ■ \By Telegraph.—Press Association.; WELLINGTON, Feb. 28. There were no passengers in the Railway Department's bus which collided with a tramcar at Thorndon Quay this morning. The wind-screen in front of the bus was badly damaged, while the woodwork on the left side was torn away. The driver, Alfred G. G. Cottrell, suffered bruises. The bus engine was not working well, and Cottrell had to use the choke, and while leaning over this the mishap occurred. DIED OF PNEUMONIA. (By Telegraph.—Press Association). TAIHAPE, Feb. 28. Mr R- A. Davies, a prominent solicitor and a public man of Taihape, died of pneumonia last evening. He leaves a wife and five y.oung children. "' HIT BY A TRUCK. "By Telegraph.—Press Association.* DUNEDIN, Feb. 28. John McKinlay, a young man employed at the Milburn lime-works, suffered a fractured thigh and skull through being hit by a truck. He was admitted to the Milton hospital.