ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1356, 17 January 1905, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(Per Press Association.) I 1 Taihape, last nir v I The infant daughter of Dairs, p I at Koeha, was drowned by failin' , well. > Carterton, lar A rabbiter named Edward W 55, was found dead in a wharl stone with the side of his head ‘V and a gun clasped in his hands. had been drinking heavily latterly. . diet of death, the result of a gun she wound, was given, there being no evidence to show whether it was accidental or not. Wbangarei, last nigfit. Obituary : John Munro, aged 7tf, fathoi of a one-time member of the Auckland Provincial Council. Deceased was the first Customs officer at-Wbangarei Heads. Waihi, last night. A lad named Raycroft was accidentally 6hot yesterday by his elder brother with a pea ritie. The bullet entered .‘he lower part of the abdomen and passed through two coils of intestines. He was received at the hospital in a precarious condition. Later. The lad Raycroft was aged 14. He was in the act of inserting a cartridge in the breach and closing the catch when the cartridge exploded. The muzzle pointing directly at the lad and only threa feet distant. The bul et entered the lower part of the abdomen, passing through two coils of intestines. The lad is not expected recover. -t New Plymouth, last night. On Sunday a party from New Plymouth ascended the mountaia, and above Humphries’ Castlo got into snow, wind was blowing very strong, and this, combined with the heat of the sun, loosened snow and stones, which came down the mountain side at a terrific rats. Saunders, an employee of the Olofijolng Factory, was struck ou the temple stone, receiving Bevoro injuries. Helpwas got from the Mountain House, and the injured men taken to Now Plymouth for medical treatment. Hokitika, last nig&t,A young man named Walter Berdina, a flaxcutter, was thrown from a horse last. Tuesday, receiving concussion of the brain. He died lata last night. Nelson, last nigWK William Frederick Bettany, a chemist, of Motueka, recently a resident of Takaka, was drowned in the Motueka river at Pangatotara yesterday. It is not known -fcow the fatality occurred.