WEEK-END MISHAPS.

Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 19990, 14 September 1936, Page 8

WEEK-END MISHAPS.

SERIEb OF ACCIDENTS. DROWNED IN HARBOUR. ELDERLY MAN'S FATE. (Special to Times.) “'ELLINGTON, Sunday. Mr Michael Joseph Curran (69), tell into the harbour yesterday afternoon. Mr James R. Dunne, a naval rating on H. 313. Achilles, dived in and brought him to land in an unconscious condition. Artificial respiration proved futile. BODY FOUND 0N lIAOH. (By Telegraph—Press Assocnuon.) GREYMOUTH. Sunday. A body found on the beach on the \\‘estport-Greymouth coastal road this afternoon was identified as that of Mr Arthur Naylor. aged 62. deputy-omcial assignee at Greymouth and also secretary of the Justices of the Peace Association. Mr Naylor, who was a ‘widower, had been missing since Monday. PICNINMAN'I DIATH. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. (By Telegraph——Press Association.) ‘ DUNEDIN. Sunday. The police investigations into the death of Mr George'Stewart Neish. ifisherman. aged 6! years. at Palmers—ton on August 26. resulted in an arrest being made to—day. The arrested ‘man will be charged in the Police ‘Court to—morrow with manslaughter. ‘ ___—_— i FATAL ooLLlslou. WANGAN‘UI. Sunday. i Frederick James Pentold (A 8). died ‘in the hospital as the result or injur‘ies sustained in a collision between hie ‘bicycie and a tram. i menu A TRAOIOV. ‘ (Special to Times.) i PALMERSTON N.. Sunday. Prompt braking by the driver of the \VellingtomAuckland express on the bridge at Longburn on Friday night, prevented the train from running over an elderly man, who was crawling over the sleepers. It was found that the man was suffering from loss of memory and had been missing for some hours from the Old People‘s Home at Palmerston North. } GAR OVER A BANK. (Special to Times.) Wl-LANGAREI, Sunday. i Four occupants of a car had a ’lucky escape from injury when the vehicle struck a telegraph pole on the ‘Onerahi Road last night. and then ‘plunged over an embankment to the rocks ”it. below. The vehicle was owned by Mr 'K. Sirl, of \Vhangarei. LAUNCH IN A STORM. Special to Times.) \VELLINGTON. Sunday. Two men in a. 15“. launch Oatea. had an unenviabie experience on \Vellington Harbour this afternoon when they were caught in a southerly sale. Observing the approach of the storm they dropped anchor in an endeavour to ride it out. but the boat dragged almost two miles toward the Petone Beach before its occupants were res—cued by another launch party. The ‘launch was later beached safely at iPstone. ‘ TWO OARS DEBTROVEO. i \VELLINGTON. Sunday. i Two cars collided in the Hutt Road ilast evening. The three occupants eecaped with minor injuries. but both cars caught fire and were destroyed ‘One car driven by Mr James Perrett developed engine trouble, and he let' it on the road and went for assistance The other vehicle crashed into m. ‘stationary one. and flames broke out. ‘Fanned by a light wind. the cars wero soon the centre of an inferno and nothing could be done to extinguish the ‘ tire. . OVOLIS'I' INJURED. ‘ \\‘hen competing in the Hamilton Fifty-Mile Cycle road race. on Saturday. :\I. Byrnes. the well-known Auckland iridFl‘. fell near the To Awamutu ‘bridgc. lie was rendered unconscious and suffered minor abrasions to thp ‘iacc, arms and logs. Byrnes was taken In Hamilton in a St. John Amiiulnnm‘. and after receiving medical aticntil-n “as ahle to return home. i OHILD SOALDID. i ___ i j UPSETS BOILING \\‘ATER. Through upsetting a pot of boiling water at his home yesterday. Gordon Thomas Eagleston, aged two, the son of .\ir Thomas Easieston. of Taupiri. received scalds to the face. arms and body. He was admitted to the \\‘aikato Hospital. where to-day his condition was satisfactory.