ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16920, 20 December 1922, Page 8

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

ELDERLY MAN DROWNED. 'Pm Pkkm AsftocxATiow.) WELLINGTON. December 20. Yesterday afternoon a youth who was walking along the foreshore beyond the Tborndon breastwork observed some clothes lying near the water. Ijooking round to see if lie could discover the Owner, he saw a body floating in the water. He reported the matter to CapLain Watson, of the Mararoa. who obtained a boat and with the assistance of another man brought the body to chore. Artificial respiration was kept up for some time, hut without avail. T'W deceased, who is an elderly man. was identified as George Taylor, residing Rt 83. Constable Street. lie had been out of work for some time. RAILWAY FATALITY ( r T:r Press Association.) LEVIN. December 19 A shocking fatality occurred at the tailv. ay crossing just south of Levin this afternoon. The Auckland express Worth hound, err shed into a gig. the occupants of which wore Mrs Narby. wife of Mr A Narbv. a farmer, of Tarawa Road, and iiei two daughters His Narbv was killed, and her daughters were vcritiuslv iniur -d. The horse üßs killed, and ilie vehicle oompletcdv U bed. At -lie scene of the fatality tr 1 -id. Min 1 * i.aielbd with the railway for sonic distance. and then turns a&ross the line An onlooker state*lb*!! the occupants of the trap appeared tfr lx* watching a train which was about to start from the Levin yards, oblivion- of the approach of the^rxheen taken to the Palmerston North Hospital.