CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2308, 26 May 1898, Page 23

CASUALTIES.

Some time ago a seaman* bag az>d cloilung were fonnd on the rocks in Carolina Bay, Tirnaru. One of the firemen on the Kini h*s identified the clothing as belonging *,o William Rowell, agsd 33 years, a' native of Ycrksbire, England, vrho joined the Eini in Glatgow, and had leffth'e steamer in Tisnaru on the 7fch May, having, had a tiff with the second engineer. The crew, in answer to questions, did not^ think that Rowell wa«; a man who would'throw away his bag and clothing, and it is now strongly •nspected thafc be was drowned near where his clothes were found. Harry Taylor, aged 22, was riding on logs, in' the bush near Shannon, Wellington, when the tram gave way and canted the logs over on to Taylor, who was injured internally, and died.

A bicyclist came by a shocking death in the busy thoronghfare of Smith *tr?et in Collingwood the pther evening (writes ou? Melbourne correspondent on M»y 11). He was a young man named John M'Neil, , employed at a stationery shop in the city, and was on his way home shortly after 6 o'clock. With two companions he was speeding along at a ■ pace admittedly of 1? miles s.n hour, when they drew upon a cable tram and a cab travelling in the same direction. M'Neil, riding behind his fellow cyclists, swept around to the extieme left to the only apparent opening. But, nn- ! happily, a baggy, hidden fro.n his view by the j other vehicles, was standing at the kerb, and just as they, approached the driver (Mr Eland) commenced to turn the<vehicle. Mr Bland was unaware of the cyclists' approach, nnd jus* as his horse faced arruad the/two leading riders I sped past, the neaTegt just grxzinpr H» iiose'wiih- 1 his shoulder. M'Neil was le^s lucky; by his I position he was absolutely "blocked,, and he crashed with teirible force againbt the animal's shoulder, his bead striking the point ,of the shaft and shattering ,it off. He .was rendered ■ insensible, and was taken to his parents' home. About ibalf-piot 11 o'clock he appeared to have a good chaace of recovery, bnt an hour later symptoms of paialysis of the heart and lungs | were apparent, indicating hemorrhage of the base of the brain. The uuforlunate youug fellow never fully recovered consciousness, and died early next morning. A fatal accident occurred at the Mokau railway ■tation, Auckland, 17th. Two men were coming down a line on a trolly, ,to which a framework was' fixed by sharp sbaket. Golkg round the corner the framework slipped, and one of the men, named M'Millan or M'Nadam, was impaled on, the stake and disembowelled. He died shortly afterwards. He is supposed to have come from the south.

A shocking accident, whi"h it is feared may end fatally, occurred on the 16th at Harrison Bros', sawmill, Pakuratahi, beyond the Upper Hutb. A benchman, a young roan Bamed Wm. Lawrence, was engaged in cutting survey pegs with a circular saw, when the timber which he was cutting, rose on the back edge of the saw and was ,thrown with great' £ oree agamst his chest, crushing in some of his^riba. • Margaret Magdalene Kissel, 17 yearn of age,, daughter of Mr H. A. Kissel, saddler; Doyleston, died suddenly at the house of Mrs Wfcite, at Sumner, Christchurch, on tha 17th inst. Deceased was not robuai". and had previously bsec refused a medic-.l certificate of fitnenv as a votiobi teacher on that acoouns. The eoiGjieot held an inquest on the 18fch on the

I body of an illegitimate child named William Roes, *ged three mouths. The infant was being ! nursed by a Mrs Oaten, who is registered under I the Infant Life Protection Act. The child ( has been under the care of Dr Koberts for the [ past fortnight. A verdict of "Death from ! gastro enteritis " was returned. ' Anofehor illegititaafce child nfttsed Alßiftr<d.er

[ Moloney, aged 13 months, dieii on the j at the house of, Mr? Moir, Merningfcon, nkk lis also licensed under' th« act. The child has i bpau-UD^eL'TOedica.! cm j , sjoefc Sn<ir7ay Jast, andbas bees guffetwg fro'ro Jr/Hrcaist'on of the : 'tmg-'. * . -- -■ -..- , ' ■■ , - - "C. r&la>rr, s i*r-tr.?r at lVrauk?, who b*b bten erceiifrio fc\ naiav year?, nun. two or bhrea '•nvnet had been *!s=>ixioeJ foe iitnacy, blew his brains out on the night of the 17lh in his own house. Tho family wire »11 aWay afc the-tinsc In terms of the Infant Life Profceotion Acb an inquest was held on '-Thursday afternoon aft Morningfeon before Mr B. H. Carew, d'strict coroner, on the body of an illegitimate child n&med Alexander Moloney, who had died c.n the previous day. The evidence showed that the child had been attended by Dr Gordon Macdonald, that death was due to pueumouia, and a verdict xr*a returned accordingly. Gebrge'SutherFand;' who was employed as billiard-marker at the - Crown , Hotel, "was ' admitted into the hospital la3fe, Thursday^ suffering frrra rather a severe injury' to bis back caused by falling on a coal-scuttle while running through one of the rooms of the hotel. -

H. Wilson, a- young man, -had one arm'cut off and his body badly-injured at, Parker and Lamb's timber mill, Auckland. The cross-cut saw came off the end- of the axle.

A man named William Powell fell off thft staging while working at the new, bridge at Miller's Flat, on Friday, morning, and died sßooaafterwards.s Booaafterwards. , , , * - Richard Denny, an , old ' settler living at Surrey • Hill, was accidentally struck on Saturday night by a vehicle, iv Queen Auckland,'and died on the way to the hospital. , , i^lhtelligence^hfts been; reeeivedi that thebaiqaentine Aratspu, belonging to the' Kauri ' Timber Conopaoy/is aohbre three miles «outh of Whangamata, on the 'East Coast. Owing to a north-easter she anchored under Slipper Island, but both cables parted and she wa« beached. She .was only slightly damt'ge'd. , Jones, one of the 'hands, in swimming with ' a. lice ashore, wai drowned. He was a native of . Melbourne, and was formerly in the Union Company's service. - „ . - - The j Tunpeka Tidies reports .- th»t a few minutes after .work had commenced at tho Miller's Flat bridge on Friday morning William Powell, about 24 years of age, fell into the I river from the top of the scaffolding on which i the tramway rune, striking, a beam after falling about 14ft and afterwards a cross-tie. He never regained consciousness after being ttkeri out of the water. Dyer, who had hold of one end of the plank which Powell- was holding at the time of the accident, fell backwards, but he ; was able lo cling to a cement' board until assistance arrived. At the inquest the, jury returned a verdict that deceased had met his, death by falling off the bridge scaffolding, adding- the following rider: — " That .sufficient staging, had .rot been provided for the safety of the work-* jasn." - ' j A swagger named Brown, a foieigaee, with naturalisation papers, cut his throat on the , 22nd at Elbourne's station, Puketapu, Htwke's 1 Bay,, where he had been.pufc up for the night*. Afc:theSinque»t a: verdict^ of "'^Suicide while temporarily insane ",wa« returned. - , -