ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12458, 21 March 1905, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Cfiuted-:; Press Association—Copyright. ~ deceived! March 20, 8.57 a.m. ■■^ : W- ■ ':■'■'■ ■■ :■ .SYDNEY, March 20. -David Lynch, a steerage piassecnger. by tHe Ventiira from Auckland, jumped overboard and; was dawraed.; The body wa.s not recovered.

■ Later. . : ■ ■. AUCKLAND, March. 20. David Lynch, the lunatic who jumped •overboard from the Ventura, arrived in Auckland by the Sonoma on March 10. and was found1 wandering on; the .'wharf by a oonstabl©. to whom he said! he was. igoing to Sydney by train. Hewia's a-rrested and1 brought before Magistrate McCarthy,, who ordea-ed ■him to be examined by : two jdoctoi1!?, who sent him on board the Ventura, to be returned to Sydney. In Court he seemed rational enough, eixoept for frequent lapses of memoi-y Jand intelligience. He said he' was a fireman recently ajt the Sydney Gasworks, and had a wifo in Sydney. He could not Eay bow ho got on board the ship.. The doctors found him to be a lunatic, and the Oceanic Company, to avoid an obligation of £100, elected to return him to Sydney. Tliis waa done with, ftihio consent of the Magistrate, the ship taking all ■responsibility. Lynch did. not seem at all suicidally inclined. , /; .. .. .

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CHRISTCHURGH March-20. ;Ai young liian named Jolin Beith, a porter .at-the Ohrisitohuriati Hospital, .cycled.out tp New Brighton yesterday 'morning tb" bathe. time after4ie -had" beeriv in'r the water it was noticed -tihiaij $ie 'hsd disappeared.. It is understpotl he could swirri, welU arid 'it is surriii&ed he was seized with cramp. The boaylliai? noib yet been recovered. : . The body- of Beith, disowned <tn the t New Brighton Beach yesterday whilst bathiiig was washed up on the beadi toirday. "■ ■ '■■ ■ ":■ ■■..'. -;.■■■■■'■■ ■• ./.'■•. WELLINGTON, Ma^ 20. . '■■■■■ A fire was;disooveired on preriSiiises of Scott and Co., indent agents,"5 etc.j Victoria, street, yesterday afterriopi^; It is supposed to; have opcui^ed aiiiong some' kapok •<, on the top flcPbr, and a large amount of 'damage was done; to the stock by fire and watei't ■ F. Hodgson, indent ageint,; aoid Anderson, indent agent, occupy. the: floors beneath Scott's, and their istock also-suffered!; by water. -~ The pi-eittiees, wvned byJ. M. Richardson, aaid irisux*ed ftii' £6000 in the Phoenix, are not much damaged. Scott's stock, is valued a,t £8000, and is insured for": £6000.' : The amount of damage is not assessed. Hodgson's and Andei^son's stocks are also insured.

■-■ ■ , ■; : DUNEDIN, March,- 20. Empire 'JToCel at Palmeraton was destroyed by 4 ;'fii:e -this morning. A fire broke, out; at '.■B:'-'o v<!l<>ck 'last evening in a, .rooni ,;between tlii^ billiard-room and tihe Jori^tuiie ,bar r ->jaind \va-s caused by the ups^t^Bj^".o£-'4-,-kerosene lamp. The >fi.r© was,_t-afi .qnder ; by /Mr ; ., Duncan and i-fchie .;bpa^ei^s. v without eerious damage. iEverytliwi^' ap'pe'a/ruig safe, all the. in■matea rebFed.';. About 2 o'clock'.,' this morning r Mr. Duncan was awakened by flames;'i. and oir turning out ifound ;that t3i6 fiiße h.3i<& a. strong -hold. All the inmates -^'eflei.got..put safely, but little or .nothing: ytas saved, most of the boardere jlflsin-g -their .-eiFects. ' ' -..! •.. The Empire Hotel at Palmefiston was insured in the New Zealand office for £800,:' the furniture for £450, and the billiaa-d. table for £100. Little furniture Avas saved.

Robert McGeorge Hay, an engine driver at Burnside, died on Saturday from blood poisoning, contracted through an injury to his finger while eriiployed at the Burnside cattle yards. William Hudson died at Cavensliam from, blood poisoning, following on an accident to a finger while engaged cleaning out a boiler at the freezing works at Caversham.

GISBORNE, Marclv 20. A verdict of aocidientally drowned while bathing was returned in regard to the death of Frank Schmuck. Th>e evidi&nco showed the bathera ha<l. goane beyond the breakersand had a difficulty iri getting back. The waves prevented' them being in sight of each other all the time, and Sohmuck was not missed until they returned to dress.. The body was recovered ten hours later.