CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12479, 16 April 1906, Page 8

CASUALTIES.

*. + BURNED IN A BEDROOM.

A HOTEL-BOARDERS TRAGIO END.

Patrick O'Grady, a boarder at tho Foresters' Arms Hotel, died in the Hospital on Saturday morning, as the result of severe burns, sustained through' tho bedclothes in his room catching fire. Although it ie not quite clear how the man met such a terrible end, some light wae thrown on the affair at tho inquest which Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., held on the body the same afternoon.

Hector Gatherer, manager of the hotel, and Charles Grant, wlio had been 111 company with O'Urady on Friday ovening, gave evidence, which went to show that ho retired to hie room about eleven o'clock. An hour later, groans from lik room attracted attention, and he was found on the floor beside hie bed with his clothes on fire.

Drs. Sanstein and Wilkin deposed that there was no sign of liquor about tho deceased, and the lormer advanced, the theory that tho man had fallen asleep while sitting on the edge of the bed and smoking a cigarette. The cigarette probably dropped on to tho carpet, starting tho fire, and O urady, becoming stupefied by the smoke, slipped' down and set his clothes on fire, with fatal results.

Tho jury found that death was accidental and exonerated the licensee of the hotel from any blame.-

A girl named Kate Pavilka, daughter of Mr Frederick Pavufca, of View Hill, 19 yeans of ace, died suddenly the other day when engaged taking clothes from the linen line. At the inquest Dr. Burnett testified that the cau&o of death was respiratory failure, and tho jury returned a verdict accordingly. A young man named Charles Buddy was admitted to The hospital on Saturday fiiiffeirinig from a gunshot wound in tho log. It appears that he was shooting in company with others and got in the line of fire, with tho result that he received a charge in the le-g. The injury is .not, serious. Captain Power, of Queensland, who was returning Inst -week from, a deerstalking trip in the Hawera district, net with tiro accidents, but fortunately escaped without serious injury. He was driving in a gig from Lake Hawea to Kiirow, and aftor crossing tho Lindis PaAs, otic of the straps holding up tho swinglotree broke, and tho horse started kicking, capsizing and smashing up the conveyance. Captain Power walked dawn to Mr W. Raine's, and wae driven to Omarama. Here he engaged another trap, hut on the way to Otcmatata, the lioree ehied violently, and capsifcrd the vohicle, throwing out the occupant. , :, and the driver had one of his hands injured. The- journey to Kurow to finally completed without further dba&tor. Hunting at Amberley •on Saturday, Mr H. P. Simmonds, huntsman of tho Brackenfield pack, had a fall which resulted in his breaking liis collar-tone. {rBKSS ASSOCIATION TELEGEAM.) j NELSON, April 14. ! John Llcyd, aged forty, a resident of Lloyd's Valley, committed Buicida on John Win's farm, at Dovedalo, on Thursday, by strangling himself. It appears that, the man had suffered from fits of insanity, but had recovered. He had gono to lie down, and «xm after was found dead in bed. self-fttran.glcd by a strap round his neck, ajid attached to the bed-post.