CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12827, 11 June 1907, Page 7

CASUALTIES.

Yesterday tho daughter of the Rev. T. Treat-rail, of Kaiapoi, who was kicked in tho forehead by a horse, was "_._ l in _n unconscious condition. By. a surgical operation, at which three medical ge_<t___<_ attended, a part of th© bone fractured by tlie kick was removed irons tho C-ii-u'e forehead.. Tliis appeared to give some reliot. it i_ thought the bate of tho skull is not broken. (BP-CUL to " Tins rRKBI.") ■;? . WELLINGTON, Juno 10, Air A. Hamilton, . director of the Colonial Museum, met wi_i an accident in the "New Zealand Times" building to-day. He was in company with Mr A A. Longdon, director of tho British Art Collection, and was looking for Air Bowring _ 6tudio, which is in. the buildiiig. it appeara tliat some work- -, ii>en carelessly left a trap door open, and Air Hamilton fell through it. Ho had one of his ribs .broken, and was considerably bruised, but not d_ngerou.ly iliurt. Fortunately bis tall was bro_en tlirough hie striking a case with his shoulder. Air. Longden had a marrow eecape. H© was just in the act of stopping on to the opening when ltd saw Mr Hamilton disappearing through it, and was able to draw bac_ in tiano. , ' (PBSSS ASSOCIATION TELKOBAMS.) AUCKLAND, June 10. A tram fatality occurred in the city to-night, the victim being Harry Elder, a man about 40 years of age. He was a painter, and resided at Freeman's Bay It is believed he was a passenger by the tram car which ran over him. and that he alighted at the corner Of Victoria and Nelson streets, ■ where the accident occurred. He was knocked down and dragged about 20 ytfrds. WTien extricated—a work that took about fifteen minutes —ho was found to be dead, tho body being terribly mutilated. A pathetic feature was that a son of tho victim, quite unconscious that it was his father, aaaistqd.to extricate tho body. CAAIBRIDGE, June, 10. The four-year-old eon. of Mr Geo. Price, of Karnpiro, settler, w»8 burned to death, his clothes catching fire whilst his parents were absent mflking. WANGANUI. June W. Samuel Wilson, a resident of Man Hill, suffered concussion of the brain by, « being thrown out of a trap in Victoria. Avenue this afternoon. At a late hour '' this .evening he hod not regained consciousness. ■-,". * . '.■>-", ' EIO3TAHUNA,-Tune 10. . By a buggy «ccidentV caused by the v horses bolting at Tiraumea, the driver. Hanson; woe rendered unconscious, and still remains co. Mrs Holmes was similarly ' injured, but . recovered. Others wero kuocked about more - or less. PAHIATUA, June 10. John Beaufort, surveyor, fell downstairs, and died in the Hospital. Ho leaves a grown-up family. ' , • NAPIER, Juno 10. . A fatal trap accident occurred ,*t Petone this evening. A trap containing two married ladies named.Marshall, and the'infant son of one of them, was going through a cutting near Wairoaiti, a short distance from Petane, when the horse attached to the trap' commenced kicking, with the" result that tho vehicle wae capsized and the oocu- , pants thrown out. The baby was killed instantaneously. GREYAIOUTH, June 9. An elderly man named WilQain Walter wa* missing irom Ahaura on 'IVesday .Soarcih partiea dieooveiiod a hat on the Paparoa side of the Grey River just below the ferry at Ahaura, and subsequently recovered thie body in the Grey River. • DUNEI>IN, June 10. "Rastus" Adams, the crack 'Varsity centre three-quarter, camo into collision with Given} captain of tho Alham-. bru team, on "Saturday, nnd suffered such injuries as will prevent his again playing football. INVERCARGILL, Juno 10. Th© post piortera on Arnold Jamos Kimgsland, a boy who died under chloroform while having teeth extracted, disclosed that all tho organß,were healthy, and the doctors could not explain the cause of death. At the in-quest-a verdict of drath under chloroform.was returned, no blame being attributed to anyone.