CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13332, 26 January 1909, Page 7

CASUALTIES.

DEATH BY DROWNING

An inquest- was held at Waimate on •Saturday afternoon touching the death of WUliaitn _. amea Green, of Waimate, whidh occurred in Waimate Public Swimming Bath, on the 22nd inst. From the evidence given, it appeared that the deceased and his employer, William Freeman, went to the bath together. Green, dived from the spring-board into the deepest water of mc bath. He came u_> again, and made efforte to swim, but sank. Freeman endeavoured to rea__ him with a long pole handed to him by Elcock, the caretaker, but without success, and Bennett, an expert w-immcr, after four ineffectual dives, found tho body at the fifth. Effort* at resuscitation wore carried out under tho direction of Dns. Hayes and **itt_, .but without success. A verdict of act*.den tai death by drowning was roturaod.

Mr Brown, a Clarkv__e resident, while attending to a horse on Sunday, *_.-.*_*_ a compound fracture of tie .at..

On Sunday Mr J. Brotvn, of Clarkviile, met with a severe accident while attending to a horse. Ho received a component, fracture of the jaw, and his tongue- waa severely lacerated. A prisoner named Smith died at Hanmer tree-planting camp on Sunday. On Monday last, whilo the Premier and prto-ty were motoring through Little River at a smart pace, they met a youth named Bradley riding a horse. On tho h<>rn being sounded several times tho animal took fright, with the result that tlie lad was heavily thrown against a verandah post and rendered unconscious for some minutes, and ia still under the doctor's care.

(itRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.) HAMILTON, January 25. At Teraka on Saturday, while driving vrith two other Maori boys, To llanos Taitnka, aged 14, was fatally crusJved by the cart overturning in a hole in tho road and pinning him to tho ground by the should_rs. Tho other occupants wero thrown clear. WHSTPORT, January 25. A .young man named Abraham Robert l_»iyman_ u-as instantaneously killed by a -fall of earth and stone from a a]ttioa_g face at a mining claim on Gilos t*>rrace. Ho waa pinued down by a stone ono and a half tons in weight" OAMARU, January 20. Whilst a man named Chisholm, from Southland, who was visiting friends in Oam__-u, was walking to church yesterday morning, he fell into tho arms of his .on-in-la\v, and suddenly expired. Deceased hnd been in delicate health for _■?me time, and had previously been treat rd for heart disease.

To-day another painfully sudden death. * occurred. Robert Helson, who for many years had been _ren*_m at the Oamaru Woollen Mill;*, was cycling to work along Thames street when ho was seen to snddenly fall off his bicycle. On assistance arriving, Helson's condition was seen to bo serious, and medical aid .as .summoned, but a doctor on arriving K-ould only pronounce life extinct. It is understood" that deceased, had pre_-aous-y been treated for heart disease.