ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4818, 5 December 1893, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

[Special to Pbess Association.] WEECK. THUBSDAY ISLAND, Dec. 4. The lugger wrecked laat week was the Goßbawk, not the Curlew. The membera of the crew, who vrere missing and supposed to be. drowned, have reached here safely. PPbe Fbxss association.! AUCKLAND, Due. 4. Edward Arnold, a well-known photographer and an old resident, dropped dead to-day. He was hurrying up the street to escape a ahower oil rain. At the ( inqneat a verdict of heart disease waa returned. An inquest was held to-day on the body of Thomas Edward Yates, who died on the passage of the Takapuna from New' Plymouth to Manukau. From the evidence it appears that deceased was a passenger oa_ the Aorangi, and had apparently been drinking on the passage out. He was put on board the Takapuna in a debilitated state and waa found dead in hia cabin. Dr Ers>on|made a poat-mortem examination, and deposed that death had been caused by congestion of the lung 3 upon a constitution already debilitated, as a result of chronic alcoholism. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. The Union Steamship Company conducted the funeral arrangements at their own expense. Deceased has relatives in Yorkshire, who are large manufacturers in wire work.

■J DTJNEDIN, Dec. 4. i An elderly man, whose name is unknown, j was run over by a goods train at eleven j io-Dight, near the railway Btation, and ' dreadfully mangled. It is supposed he wsb crossing at the Stuart street crossing, and did not observe the train. Deo. 5. A fatal accident occurred at the railway station last night. On the arrival of the goods train from Balclutha at eleven o'clock, those on the engine felt it pass over something at Fish's landing, opposite the Police Station, and, on search being made, the remains of a man, horribly mangled, were found on the rails. Death miut have been instantaneous. He was evidently a man of some fifty years of age, about sft Bin or sft 9 in in height, with a . greyish beard and brown bair, and was dressed as a working man. There were indications which point to the fact that previous to the accident he was intoxicated. 1 The man run over on the railway line is William Eoach. He had been committed I for trial on a charge of honsebreaking in Dunodin, but the Grand Jury yesterday j threw out the bill. He was released from ' gaol about 3 p.m., the authorities giving him 4s 6d. When the body was found there was Is Sd in the pocket. He is supposed to have spent the balance in 1 drink. REEFTON, Dec. 5. Mr George Courtenay was drowned last : evening in attempting to cross the Inangai hua River at the junction ford. His wife was in the trap at the time, but was rescued, Courtenay disappearing from sight almost at once. The deceased was a very old settler, and general regret is felt at his loss.

Yesterday morning, shortly before halfpast ele?en, a horse harnessed to a cab, the property of Mr W. Irwin, bolted from North atreet, St Albans. Mr Irwin had driven a gentleman to a house in North street, and was standing on the footpath waiting for him to come out, when the horse suddenly threw off his blinkers snd bolted along Colombo street towards the city. After crossing the belt the runaway collided with a trap belonging to Mr G. Ellingford, cordial manufacturer. The trap waa upset and its contents much damaged. The runaway was eventually stopped in Mr Treleaven's yard in Armagh street. Mr Eilingford'strapandits contents were damaged to the extent of about .£5, and Mr Irwin's cab was a good deal knocked about.