ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1168, 1 February 1904, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(Per United Presa AHSociation.) >M<;.l.Lli\(J r J'ON, Jfinu.nry Ml. An inquest on the man who was i'iit.'lly injured. at tho wharf on Friday waa opened yesterday, and was adjourned till Monday, when the state of the appliances in use when the accident liapp^nod- will be considered, - .' MASTERTON. January ?.l. A scrioua b-iggiy accidont happened on 'the Bideford Road, eleven miles iroiu Masterlon, on Saturday night. Mi* John Mcßae, owner 9f the Bowlands station, his wife, and three children,, wore driving down a. hi]}, when, it is supposed a dog startled the horses, .which boltod. The. vehicle was thrown clown a steep cihbaukment. Mrs Mcßae and one- child were rendered unconscious. 'Mr Mcßae had several ribs broken. A special -train from Wellington to-day brought up Dr Maortiii to attend the sut-ferc-rs. , • - No further particulars are available. •', ■ ' AUCKLAND, February 1. A giundigger "named -Pinker ton, a remittance inati, suicided at Manjjonui by cutting his. throat with .a. pocket knife.