MONTHLY SUMMARY

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 237, 4 October 1894, Page 3

MONTHLY SUMMARY

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h(ft'sutrn Beck was. found drowned,, on wldiriV' man named 'JohV Collins, ; (f itff?2 focnd dead on the" road at Stffiaki). Hois supposed to have had an apoplectic stroke. . . . _ 6 On Sept: 29 a fatal accident happened at Siovertb* seawall on tbe Haven Bdad, fa)liOiK>nbo the.water. ,•, ._ -r;| ; a very sudden death occurred at&isborn? o^ep Sr, 11th, when. Dr.Burnab^an SrLn lepturev, was seized with a" fit of E waa ataving at the Royal Hotel.' , ■ young man nkmad Henry Jehiisen was JSon September JO. It is supposed he SSSaeir whilst loading a 'gun. The ]Eirgo;entered the' right ear and came out atfuhe-lefM' '■'->-'■'■■ ■■■». '■ ■■ '•' ''•■'' '^' r ■;1 '■•'Jrtal ilovercargill on September ;Bth;.a child named Thompson,, : aged one,year and nine mqnths, was sitting m a chair at ihlftrg iHiettsKtffell, upsetting a-kebtle of SinfeWater oiKthe hob. ■ '.The child w* bfldl/scalded^boubthebody, and. died 24 bqiir.Bpf|erw^rds. -~ , , ;.. .-., | ~... SlArthur?Tolhurst;, son of Mr G. E-Tol" hurt reiilieiit inspector of the Union Bank, WehidfftonV died oh'S'ept'ember Bth, The y ,WS Sllnjured' recently in a iootball match"in -which the college was engaged. TnWiiirv.was not thought to be serious, $d'subsequently he had a fall. Peritomtjs supervened, ending, in death. rf|j'o body of Joseph Gadsley, a settler, ,of vTdtaekuri (Wellington) was found'in therAlarißatainqko River ab Stirling Bj o - C t'"" He had gone ; over after .cattle, am! not['returning hia ' man \verib in eeSfcV and? found his dead body in' the .WaferV) It.is believed that the horse '^unbiei and fell with; him- in croasihg the i}Wnm '? ■''■« •■ '•'' ''■"■ ■ '■' • '■'■'- '" Alaxfuidor Wasfcon was driying a,wagon alone; the. Piako Road, Hamilton, on the ifvtimnffof September 19th, when his horses Were frightened by a Maori squatting on th'eeif'3 of the road v and bolted, dragging, him forward... He fell between the horses, and''the "wheel of' the wagon went over liinP^e'was taken to the Hospital, bat ijicdih-ofew hours. :

-■A ci'oas-country rider named Sidney rjjgnveri-- 24 years of age, mobwitji a fatal accident on September 23. on the' Palmer ' ThehorseMangarangaroa, WHiip being (schooled over hurdles, struck iitfav'llyj foiled over the hurdles dnd then pp" Gleavpr.r the .rider,,who died half-an-hour afterwards from the result of internal injuries. Hi 3 parents reside ab'Woßb Ox■Jo!fd,' Canterbury.- "•": '['""' " <■''

■ '-'Dr. Carl Branting, about thirty-five, who vaai.} discharged from the Wellington .on.Sept. 17 ? was found dead in {(l'ai/frpwiiy tlotel the next aftprnopn, tbo.stippo^ed cause being an overdose of morphia''tablets,' a number of which had ■bairn'1* obtained from a chemisb.' A\ verdict of cjeafch.'froin hydro thorax waa returnsd-.., ~ , ■ . . ;, y ... ''An'in.queat was, held ab Christchurch on :3optember 15th touching the death of O'rlando'Mer'ritfc, aged 14, who died on the previous Thursday evening from the result of a blow received during a quarrelabout a hockey, stick. Medical evidence showed that :bhe boy had received a slighb blow, probably ;6n the.pit of the stomach, and that ideatb \ had. resulted; from .shock to the nfrvouVaysiiom. The blow, it appears, was given in seiftlefence by another boy named Jred Hawoth. A vordicfc of '■ Accidental Death;": was returned. : ' • ■ , • .-•.;

A'casa of supposed suicide was reported ab Wellington-on Sept. 6. A woman named Jano,Weßtfield resided by herself in Tara-naki-at'veeb, when nob engaged huising. Her'Sister,-Ann Lane, visited the house, and found 'Mrs .Weatfield lying dead on her V body .-ftilly^dresseoU. The body presented .tip appearance of having lain for some ;ttojp, t'.""Alongside the bed wore found a ■«3)hll phial and cup, which had contained feirbaHc acid. Evidently the deceased bad CQmpijitted suicide. She had suffered from siTraa disease of the eye. Deceased was 58 years of age, a native of London, and had Slier.in the colony for 20 years. •■ v " A young man named William Gill, em*pt6iydcl Jon the Billersden Station, Blenheim, fitfaivecl: injuries whilst burning scrub on S?pt-2lßt, which resulted,in his death. . .Giit.wp hummed ip between two fires in a jjuiljfj'ah'd'could nob escape, Hei soughb reftij»« 'fin *ra small excavation in 'the #rmihd, caused by a pig rooting, and Jayi atnidflb suffocating smoke while the 'ilamog 'passed, over one, r half of iiis body..' After the danger was over Gill iflado his way to ciimp, and was conveyed W.the Blenheim Hospital. One side of his body much injured, one arm burned .aluiosfc.Jo the bone, and his face disfigured. Ho cli'od oh Sunday morning (23rd).

Op Sept. 12 bhe firat mate of the barque Maiy Hfißbroiick, which waa lying ab bhe ■Quoon-streeb Wharf, bursb a blood vessel, .from the -effect of which he died in a few winntoa,' ; I'he deceased, John VVilliam Youner by name, had been suffering for sojano time from a severe cold, and ib was "<l¥Hf)£ a violent fib of coughing he meb his death. < Pecoased, who was aboub 40 years oWj was, born in Sweden,, bub had lived nearly a!l his life in America. He firfb visited New Zealand two years ago in the Jwqn&nljin'e Mannie Swan, on which vessel '■liofpcpHpied, the same position as he held ?n the Mary Hasbrouck ab the time of his death. ' " ..

, A droadfui accidenb occurred on Sept. 8 on Mr McCalluni'a sawmill tramway, Seacard Baali, Invercargillj Thelocomobive was sOHf{inif.oub tram-logs, and when rounding tho curve the front wheels mounted bhe

wooden rails, and the engine turned over Maawampy place about four feeb below. juefireraaD, a youth of 15 years, named i James Somerville Young, a son of the *toi;ekooper ab Appleby, was thrown under JliQ engine, and being caught across the . ipinß between the Btump and the safety Wve.oa the boiler, was literally boiled by *be escaping steam and ..water. Riordao, the driver, who was not hurt, ran off for Steiatiince. When some men came on the sceno about fifteen minutes later, the boy : was dead, -Dotniig are to hand of the accidental oeath of Harry Anderson^ a young m^an of age, which was lately 1 Ji?P°nted v from. Kaipara ■ Flats. He had plpi .up, a. section of bush land and was ou3y-\vjtHi,; g brother felling trees, when a ,floa>rbVahch dropped from a tree which" be, was felling and struck him to the gronnd. *"8 brother found him unconscious, and he Wont fo r assistance. The' sufferer was parriedrjtbrough the bush, ovttr a very WiGulfc track, to the residence of Mr Bruce, .•: M B#«>ed.jcal aid was soon obtained. The young fellow, however, "never ■.^P|>ined-: e6ngcioußneßs,''and died 7on Sept. .-■ Ww ironi 'concussion of the brain and inWriiali injuries., A .verdict of accidental r ',-3°f th- WA? returned ab ~tbe' inquest. .The iSBI,^ w «8 ft son of Mr Anderson, of Pon«wy. an,d craadson of xMr J. C. Carr, of ,^"e, three Kings; .; - <■: '■ B;T'the horsesalo yards in Durhamwwt, on September 21st, a fatal ecciocnt, occurred in fronb of Messrs ; nimtoi and Nolan's 'premises to a man in A*"t a^riel< Frankl >"f who was a stranger • P ■a'iCKlanil, having arrived here froptSyd:^j': >" M'.e the 18th. He came .. wor irota tho New South Wales capital in

the employ of Mr Patrick Keenan, who brought a consignment of horses for sale here. After the eale 'trials in drays wore given with the horses. 'One of the number, a v4iy powerful fellow, was pub in a loaded dray for hia trial, and Franklin ab his head led him down Durham-street.; Ths horse became unmanageable. The cart crushed the poor fellow, who had no chance bo escape, with great force against a wall. Dr. "King "was "Boorr in attendance, and pronounced life extinct. An examination of the body showed thab tbe heck was dislocated, the right arm fractured between tho wrist and elbow, the left shoulder broken, while the body was crushed, the marks of the hub of the wheel showing on his ribs. Franklin had no friends in Auckland, -and the Charitable -Aid Board provided for the burial.

An inquesb—waa, held-on ...September .21 at the Globe Hotel in Wa'kefield-sbreeb. before Dr. Philson, Coroner, and a jury of six, respecting the ; death of Alice - Ann Harris, of Kihikihi, - who died suddenly ab Mrs Lampra's residence in.Wakefiold-sbreeb on the previous Wednesday evening. Ellen IJapnpra deposed ] that' deceased was fclie wife of Mr Johnston Harris, bootmaker, Kihikihi; Waikato. On Monday (17th) she came to Auckland by herself. to undergo an operation on her righb eye. On Tuesday she went to sco Dr. Wilkins. Deceased was in good spirits, and, wished to have bhe operation done.*- Next-day (Wednesday)/ at aboub 2 p.m., tho deceased went to the doctor's surgery in Shortiand-streeb, in company with witnessand anbbhorfriend. .Deceased put on her own clothes 'and gloves, and walked to a cab, and was driven home. They undressed* herand pub hdr "into3 bed immediately. Aboub an hour afterwards eHe appeared to be fainting arid'was breathing heavily. Soon after she died. Dr. • Wilkins deposed to the deceased consulting him at his surgery on Tuesday the 18bb,,with reference to her right eye. Witness administered chloroform and removed the eye, the operation taking eight minutes. Aboub two drachms of chloroform were givep .which seemed to affect her speedily. He thoughb death waß due to asthenia, aud that in no respecb was it caused by the chloroform. He thoughb ib likely thab the fatal resulb was partly attributable to '"nervous "shock. The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, brought in a verdict that the deceased died from nervous exhaustion.