CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12177, 25 April 1905, Page 7

CASUALTIES.

. a A miraculous escape from death occurred at Sumner yesterday. Miss Eva Watt, of Christohurch, was descending the hill at the far end of the beach,, when she missed her footing and fell over a' cliff some sixty feet in height. Fortunately ' she fell on some soft clay at the bottom, which broke the force of her fall. Constable Hampton and some members- of the Sumner Ambulance class removed Miss Watt to a private house, and Dr. Shone was called in. ' It was found that-her collar bone was broken and her wrist sprained, while she was also suffering from bruises about the body and shock. It is not yet known whether there are anjr internal injuries., (rS-SS ASSOCIATION TKLKUHAM ) WELLINGTON, April 34. A oook, named Spencer, a widower, aged about 60, who was accompanying the Ashhurst volunteers to Mastorton to take part in the .Taster movements,, was killed at Mastorton. He was climbing on to the volunteers' baggage truck, when he slippud and fell under the wheels; one passing over his chest and head. He waa removed to tbe hospital, where he died. A verdict of accidental death was returned. . On Saturday Louis Allen McLean, of Napier, assistant guard on the NapierWellington mail train, . burst a blood vessel when the train was between Hukanui and Eketatnma, and died, before reaching Eketanuna.