ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
IFprNbERIN& OP A STEAMER.; [Per Press Association.] t NEW YORK, Jan. 4. The steamer Commodore sprang a leak and foundered off New Smyrna •before getting clear of the coast o£ Florida. WELLINGTON, Jan. 4. At.the inquest on the victims oi; the boat accident-.on J^eF Year's, Day, the evidence ' showed, that the aqcident haj^rie^ through , {rying to ayoid^o'rie of ;tlioVdoija^s:iiivt%; : bay.;7J^W^ :•' Hazelw'ood in -..t^V/ltoa'tr^tbc.T^bV*' .^^fcf :"ili'e.:tiller must have come off the rudder. <Other evidence showed that the boat was not a good one for sailing. A verdict of accidental drowning, was returned. ' The jockeys R.Wilson andC. Cochrane, -who were hurt at the races at Tinwald on Saturday, are both in the Ashburton hospital, and are progressing as favourably aa can be expected, considering the serious nature of their injuries. . Mr H. Jones, the cabman who was injured iby a collisioj- with the north train at the ■Colombo Street crossing on Saturday •morning, and who was taken to the hospital, was in a very precarious state -.last night.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5762, 5 January 1897, Page 1
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