Accidents and Fatalities.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4704, 24 July 1893, Page 1

Accidents and Fatalities.

[Pkr Press Association.] AUCKLAND, July 23. The infant son of a settler, named Cope, at Kaitara, has been scalded to death by the capsizing of a pail of boiling water.

An inquest was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Caledonian Hotel, by Mr R. Beetham, Coroner, on the body of Edward Turner, aged fifty, who died suddenly on Friday afternoon, whilst working at St Albans. The jury, of which Mr Charles Chaplin was chosen foreman, after hearing Dr Deamer'a evidence, returned a verdict of death from heart disease. A boy, named Charleß Ives, son of Mr George Ives, of Springfield road, had his left leg broken at New Brighton, about four o'clock yesterday afternoon. Three lad 3 were riding horses at a furious pace along the beach, and one of the horses knocked young Ives down while he was standing under the pier looking at the sea. Immediately the boys heard that Ives had met with serioua injury, they galloped off and were not seen afterwards. IvGB was taken to the hospital and is progressing favourably. The Cromwell Argus mentions in connection with the death of John Mooney, | by a fall over a cliff while rabbiting, that [ the body wa3 in a locality which made it dangerous to attempt to recover ifc. Constable Duggan at once got together some half-dozen of a party on whom he could depend, and with lanterns set off to ccc if any assistance could be given if Mconey was alive, or to recover the body if he was dead. The cliff over which Mooney fell, called Pigeon Rock, overhangs Firewood Creek; it is about 400 ft in height and nearly perpendicular. After great difficulty the body was recovered, got on a door, and the party in relays had to climb the hill on one side and bring it down the same distance on the other.