ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6115, 23 March 1898, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

FATAL FIRE. United Press Association— By Klectrie Telegraph— Copyright. Beceived March 23. 13.35 p.m. NEW YORK, March 22. A boarding-house at Montana was destroyed by fire, and twenty- five inmates perished. The majority were killed while trying to effect their escape.

:[PeR PREBB iBBOCIATION.T ': t 'P WELLINGTON, March 23. A little boy named Thomas Seaman fell off a horse near Masterton, and sustained concussion of the brain. He is not expected to lire. ';■•■: DUNEDIN, March 22. A painfully sudden death occurred in ! the ExhiDition Buildings, Dunedin, yesterday. Mr David* M; Logan, wellknown as a Customs officer, and as a lieutenant in the Naval Artillery took a violip to be shown in the Exhibition Court. Meeting a friend, who asked i about his health, he said he felt "as right as the mail," but on entering the Early -History,, Court he sat down, gave three gasps and expired. He was a married man with a family, and his wife is on her way ; to -b^n ; tdvt^c). part. i_ the 'ffestiy-ties. i >:: i

y.'. _kn-'-'.flse#^ : resident 'of ".was' 'drowned iv the I Ashburton -liver _t the back of Trevorton, yesterday niornihg.. It appears that deceased and his son were carting sticks for * firewood from the river-bed. In crossing a rather deep stream the horse fell, and,. in endeavouring to get it up again, Leslie was knocked , down. The . horse was drowned;" an.d with its last struggle it ] liberated Leslie, who floated down stream. He vtaA got out by the son, but life was ; extinct.. ;'\.y ■ At about half -past seven this, morning, 'as a milkcart, belonging to Mr Hendriksen, .' was turning ,the Christchurch Meat Com- . pany's corner from Gloucester .Street into , Colombo^Stse-t, a. carfe >; belonging to the ; Meat Company, which was passing the ":- corner at the moment, came into violent '. collision with it. ..'■ The horse belonging to' the former vehicle* was thrown to the . ground, its driver on top of it, and the cart overturned. The only damage done was i to the milkcart, which had a shaft and < the have of one of the wheels smashed. \ „ i