ACCIDENTS & DEATHS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10306, 15 January 1927, Page 7

ACCIDENTS & DEATHS

MOTORIST KILLED BY OVERTURNED CAR

CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 14. Thomas Welsh, 40, married, residing in Sutherlands road, Halswell, while driving a car along Lincoln road plunged into a ditch and was killeu. He swerved on a corner and in evading a power line pole the wheels went over the bank, causing the car to topple over. When found, Welsh was dead in his seat, still •clutching the steering wheel.

LAD FALLS OVER WHARF ON TO BOAT

NEW PLYMOUTH, Jan. 14

A boy named Roper met with a •somewhat serious accident at the port this morning. While standing on the wharf edge holding a bicycle he over-balanced and fell about 12ft, striking the gunwale of a boat. He fractured some ribs, which penetrated the lungs. The boy was removed to hospital. KICKED ON FACE BY HORSE DUNEDIN, Jan. 14. Arthur Waddington Milne, 39, married, a sheepfarmer at Heriot, was kicked on the face by a horse on Christmas Day, sustaining a broken nose and a fractured jaw. He was admitted to a private hospital in Dunedin on January 7, and died yesterday from bronchial pneumonia, due to paralysis of the lamyx and tetanus. NINE-YEAR-OLD ~IbOY LOSES FOOT ASHBURTON, Jan. 14. Jack Lilley, the nine-year-old son of Mr A. T. Lilley, of Methven, was run over by a grassmower yesterday afternoon, the right leg being caught in the knives. After he was admitted to the Ashburton hospital the lad’s foot was amputated at the ankle.—P.A. YOUNG WOMAN FOUND DEAD. DUNEDIN, Jan. 'l4. jP'- Jessie Margaret Harris, 22, single, was found dead in bed at Mornnigton. She had previously had good health, and a doctor being unable to give a certificate, a post-mortem has been ordered.—'P.A. INJURED BY HAYFORK. DUNEDIN, Jan. 14. A young man, David Baird, v as the victim of a bad accident in Otago Central whilst haymaking. A fork broke, the handle piercing his chin and protruding through the check. Baird was taken to Clyde hosp’tal.P.A

1311ICKWORKER' DIES I-ROM INJURIES. WELLINGTON, Jan. 14. Harry Patterson, who had his foot severed in a pug machine while working at the Gasco Brick Co.’s works' at Miramar yesterday, died in tlie 'Wellington hospital at 3.30 p.m. from his injuries.—P.A. WOMAN’S SERIOUS FALL FROM TRAM-CAR, AUCKLAND, Jan. Li. Mrs. Grace Eellman, 39, fell from a moving tram-car at Ellerslie late on Wednesday night, sustaining severe concussion of the brain and ehock. The hospital officials report that although Mrs. Fellman, who belongs to Frankton Junction, is conscious, her condition is unimproved. —P.A. SUPPOSED DEATH FROM .DRUG POISONING. • AUCKLAND, Jan. Li. Lon Barnard, 27, a contractor of Island Bay, Wellington, was found -unconscious on Milford Beach, on Wednesday-morning, and died in the Auckland hospital at 8.45 a.m. today. The authorities report that death was due to drug poisoning.— X J ’- A - SUICIDE IK STATE OE MENTAL ABERRATION. AUCKLAND, Jan. 14. An inquest concerning the death ol Mrs Myrtle Blackburn, who left her home at St. Heliers on Monday moraine and who disappeared into the Waipa R.iver the same afternoon, was held before Mr Myvern Wilson, coroner, last night. The evidence showed that the woman and her children were picked up by a private car at Newmarket on Monday morning. She_ liau been subject to epileptic fits since childhood, and had one on Sunday moining, but was normal on Monday. She was twenty-seven years of age, and ■generally cn]oved good health. A verdict that she committed suicide by drowning while in a ol mental aberration after an epileptic ■seizure was returned.--P.A.

MAN WITH LOST MEMORY. PALMERSTON) N., Jan. 14. A man found on the outskirts or Palmerston North last night is now in hospital. He has lost liis memory. A medal in his possession is inscribed: “A Grant.” His description is: Dark ; aged to 30 to 35; height, five feet six; respectably dressed in blue suit, grey cap, and dark overcoat. P.A. Who pays the hill For the injured worker? Consult the Standard Trisur•nce Company for full protection.— C- G. Bloore, Chief Agent, fr. Seddon. lucal Manager—Advt.