ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
A RAILWAY DISASTER. [Special to Pbess Association.] PEETOEIA, Jan. 7.
By the railway accident at Dannhausen thirty-two persons Mere killed and . fifty injured, chiefly fugitives.
[Peb Pbess Association.]
ELLINGTON, Jan. 8.
At the inquest on the girl Goldfinch, who was drowned at Island Bay, a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. The jury added a rider that the college lads, Von Dadelzsen and Kinniburg, should be recommended for the Humane Society's medal for saving Miss Brown, and their efforts to save the deceased.
Mr F. H. Pickering, manager of the Imperial Insurance Company, was knocked down by a cab last evening, and received a slight scalp wound and a shaking.
A TEIPLE ACCIDENT.
WESTPOET, Jan. 8.
By a dray accident at Lyell yesterday, a man named Martin Carroll had his right leg broken in two places, an arm broken, his ribs injured and his skull fractured. A boy named Denis Byan was also hurt by the dray running over him. As the, horse bolted with the dray, it collided with a woman, Mrs Gramatica, on tbe Lyell Bridge, and injured her. The cases of the three sufferers are serious. Carroll was brought to the Westport Hospital.*
The young man W. Home, who was admitted to the hospital suffering from sunstroke, died yesterday from inflammation, the effect of the stroke.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960108.2.46
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 5457, 8 January 1896, Page 3
Word Count
222ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5457, 8 January 1896, Page 3
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in