CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11753, 30 November 1903, Page 9

CASUALTIES.

On Irida* iffldMiftg last Mr* 3; W. John•Staid, Itorskaejier, Tai Tap-i. met witli a ■■; mbm *oci<i«sit at Kaitnna. Point. #« W. driving home in, hia empty-cart when US horse, becoming frightened at it pig which crossed in front ot it, suddenly sWang to one side and caused a capable. Mr Jobtiston'waa tlyuwn violently against at barb-W're fence at the foot of the steep : incline, his bead being forced through be- ; 4 ween the wires. The horse and cart , turned upside down, the former falling upon Mr Johnston's chest. Fortunately assistance wm at band, and he waa taken to the residence of _Er John Coop, where he was attended to by Dr. Cooke, of Lincoln.' Hia face was considerably bruised, thero Wwe two large gushes' on his head, Md-,scm»' «of his ribs were broken. On Saturday afternoon be was taken by train to the residence of his brother-in-law at Lincoln. , Mr George Beaumont, bootmaker, ot steeety Lytteiton, while walking along Norwich quay on Saturday .after- . noon, slipped on some greasy matter on the footpath, fell, and broke his left kg. Ha was carried Info the iMtelton Hotel, Where Or. .Upborn eet tlie bone. A boy about years of age, who had been campiiig with other lads at N«lr Brighton, went shooting with some companions yesterday evening. The gun of one of his friends accidentally went off, burying its charge in the boy's right big toe. Ho waa brought to town by the City and Suburban tram, which left New Brighton at 8.25 p.m., and taken to hi* parents' House in Cashel street, Linwood.