CHRISTMAS FATALITIES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXI, Issue 2488, 29 December 1921, Page 5

CHRISTMAS FATALITIES

IN THE DOMINION MAN REPORTED MISSING (By Telegraph—Press Association). AUCKLAND, Dec. 26. Information has been received by the police from Rlverhead to the effect that Mr Arthur Taylor, who was staying at the Riverhead Hotel, went for a bathe in the river on Saturday and could not be found subsequently. His clothes were discovered on the bank. Mr Taylor could not swim. It is understood that he was employed at a city restaurant. MAOEI BOY DROWNED (By Telegraph—Press Association) HAMILTON, this day. A Maori boy named Kikarute, was lrowned at Ngaruawahia, while bathCYCLIST'S COLLISION MESSENGER BOY KILLED (By Telegraph—Press Association) '• WELLINGTON, Dec. 26. E. H. Foster, a telegraph messenger, was riding a bicycle on Christmas Eve, when his machine was carried away by the wind, and he collided with a telegraph pole. He sustained a fractured skull, and died almost immediately, He was 14 years of age. WAGGONER KILLED I CAPSIZE OF VEHICLE | (By Telegraph—Press Association) GISBORNE, Dec. 26. A waggoner, named Charles Smith, a married man with three children, was killed on the Ihungia Road, Waipiro Bay, late on Christmas Eve. His waggon ran over a bank and capsized, pinning Smith beneath it.

FATAL KICK FROM HORSE A FARMER KILLED (By Telegraph—Press Association) ASHBURTON, Dec. 26. A kick from the stallion Glen Fabric on Christmas Eye, resulted in the death the same evening' of Alexander Davison, aged 68 a farmer, of Eiffelton. FATAL FALL FROM A TRAM (By Telegraph—Press Association) WANGANUI, Dec. 27. George Rabone, aged 68, a resident of Wanganui, was killed by falling from a tramcar/ When crossing Viaduct bridge deceased was standing on the platform, and when getting his money from his pocket to pay his fare, he was thrown to the ground, a distance of 20 feet. BOY KILLED AT CLAUDELANDS (By Telegraph—Press Association) HAMILTON, Dec. 28. At about 5 p.m. yesterday, a boy, Herbert Edward Mottershaw, aged 8, who lives with his father in Boundary road, Claudelands, was killed in Claude Street, Claudelands, through the wheel of a heavily-laden lorry, driven by Mr William Waite, carrier, Grey Street, Claudelands, passing over his head. From what can be gleaned it appears that the unfortunate lad attempted to board the lorry and slipped. The left rear wheel showed a clot of matter on the outside of the felloe, and. also a bloodstain on the tyre. It is understood that another boy who witnessed the tragedy is prepared to say that deceased was riding on the brake.