ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12646, 2 June 1919, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

1 RUN INTO BY TRAIN. A man named James Cullen, aged about forty-five years, employed by the Railway Department, was admitted to tiro Hospital early yesterday morning suffering from severe injuries to his head. Cullen, who resides at Little River, was returning from his work on Saturday evening on a ganger’s trollev when a train overtook him and daslmi into him. Ho was thrown clear of the engine but sustained severe injuries to his head. He was brought in to the Hospital, and to-day was reported' to be conscious- His condition generally is improving. A BODY FOUND. [Per Press Association.] WESTPORT, June 2. It was reported to the police late last evening that a body had been found on the beach south of Cape Foulwind lighthouse. Early this morning two constables left for the scene. A PRISONER’S DEATH. [Per Press Association.] NAPIER, May 31. At the inquest on the prisoner Jack Peat, who died in the hospital, the medical evidence was to the effect that the prisoner suffered from basal meningitis, which was not infectious and was not ccrobro spinal meningitis, and that until the disease was far advanced it was very difficult to diagnose- Deceased was in an advanced stage of the disease when admitted to the hospital. A verdict of death from basal meningitis was . returned; WARNING TO MOTORISTS. [Per Press - iatio.-;.j OAMARU, June 2The inquest regarding the fatal motor accident on Thursday night was concluded to-day. The jury returned a verdict that Mrs Glass * and her : daughter mot their death by asphyxiaj tiou, by being pinned by "the car in the mud and water. The jury added a rider drawing the attention of the authorities to the failure of motorists to dim their light or lights ,on meeting other vehicles and expressing the opinion that the bridge where the accident occurred should be widened, as the approaches were dangerous-