ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6127, 14 March 1898, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A I'Lo6Se?COLW e ? y fc United Proa A»oc«tta»-BrEtooWi TelegraphCopyright. The Muldhouseburn Colliery a« l ~ Muirkirk, Ayrshire, has been flooded. Sixteen miuersr were rescued after being entombed for a day, three others as being drowned. Splendid heroism was displayed in the work of rescue. Eeceived March 14..10 turn.l© BUENED TO DEATH, n , MELBOUENE} March 14a--s'. Two little children, named Jones, were left alone in a house at Collingwood with n a kerosene lamp. The building.' was dis- >- covered to be on fire shortly afterwards, 0 and both perished. [Per Pkess Association.] d AUCKLAND, March 14. r Eobert Sargeant, sixty years of age, employed by F. Williams, fish dealer, 6 slipped in Wyndham Street, and fell under a the feet of a horse, which lashed out and struck him on the temple and dragged a wheel of the cart aeross his throat. Death was almost instantaneous. r CAPTAIN ANDEESON'S DEATH. PORT CHALMERS, March 14. Mr Chamberlain, Collector of Customs, t opened an inquiry at the port to-day, [ touching the death of Captain Anderson, as the result of an accident at Cuttle Cove during the Waikare's Sounds trip. The r officers of the ship, Captain Strang and 1 Mr Cook, superintending engineer, were examined. The evidence went to show ( that the accident was entirely due to the breaking of a defective link in the hydraulic gear, which caused the crane to 1 drop and swing in-board, sweeping the deck. This fault was due to the bad quality of the iron used in the construction of the particular link, and could not have been detected. It was also shown that the ship proceeded on her voyage at the request of Captain Anderson and the injured passengers, and with the concurrence of two doctors aboard. The inquiry was adjourned till to-morrow.