CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 13000, 31 December 1907, Page 7

CASUALTIES.

(P*na ASSOCIATION TSLICftAMI.) TAIHAPE, December 30,

At the inqtieet on Thoe. Morton, aged 72, who died' suddenly whilst unloading a truck at Ohakune station, the doctor's evidence pointed out that death we* due to rupture and atieurism of the aorta. A verdict was returned accordingly.

HASTINGS. December 30. At the' Magistrate's Court to-day Charles Hannah, a harvester was committed for trial on a charge of attempting to discharge a. revolver at W. Morris, a fellow employee at Fernhill. Evidence showed that Morris's wife, who was cook at the station, refused to cook a hot dinner in the evening. Hannah objected to a cold dinner, and Morris attempted to pull the objector's nose. Hannafo left and returned with a loaded revolver, which he is alleged to have pointed at Morris; but the cartridge* being old, missed fire.

NAPIER, December 30. A roan -named Artfc/ur Sutton, c. storekeeper at Onepoto Gully, wee bathing in +3i© .river it the end of Carlylo street ifchris evening, acoam•puuiiied by one of Oris eons and two •men 2ia>med Oh.a.j?lin and -Moore. Sut*on got out of his depth. Hie others •wen* to hie oeeietance, but ne they •were unablo to swim they oooM not (save ffiim. Sutton. leaves a wile and •four children.

A man, whose name is unknown, was •killed oil t!be railway line between Napier and Port Ahuriri ahortly after ten o'clock this evening. Hβ ie believed to b© eu eailor from ono of tho oooan-going ©toameiß in port. It i« euppOßcd that he wandered on to tiio (railway ]an%in an iivtoximted condition, witih the reeult that- be wee run over by tho train.

WANGAXUI, December 30. A settlor, named Jamee Campbell Connon, aged 78, wae found dead in bed, at Westmere, itUiie morning. A accident occurred last evening. When Mr and Mrs Arthur Coe were driving down Durie Hill the horee bolted, and both were thrown out of tho trap, Mr Coe being badly bnnsed and shaken, and Mrs Coe having to be removed to the hospital,in an unconscious state, suffering from concussion of the brain. She died today

m WELLINGTON, December 30. Thie afternoon Mr T. E. Donne received a telegram stating that Georfi»Napier, a porter at the Mount Cook Hermitage, k missing. It is feaml that when ho was returning frpm Ball Hutt last erening with some hones he fell from hu while croeainc tho Hooker river. His hat wae found early tlm morning come distance below the ford. A thorough eearch it being made by Mr D. McDonald, manager at the Hermitage.