CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13428, 21 May 1909, Page 8

CASUALTIES.

ikh/kun over by traction. / ENGINE, /sad fatality occurred on.Grahams Jd, Tinwald, near Ashburton, yesterday morning, when James Walsh, fine years of age, was run over by a /■traction engine, and horribly macgtol /'The lad was a son ot Mr Wm. Walsh, / of Wheatstone, and grandecn of Mr John Small. Ho was on his way to echool, and seeing Mr Taylor s traction engine and trailers going ra ttie same direction, he jumped on a waggon ivhile the plant nas in motion, ■and unperceived by the driver. During the. journey the lad fell off, and the wfoael of the waggon passed over tht centre of his body. The attention of the- driver was called to the accident, and the lad was picked up and carried to the borne of his parents, where he expired shortly afterwards. Dr. Handcock was telephoned for, and arrived at the house at midday, but the- lad had been dead some time before. An inquest will be held.

Mr C. Hardy-Johnston, who is very •well known here, but who has recently been Hiring in Auckland, met with a serious accident on Sunday evening. Ha had been visiting friends at Mount Eden, and while returning home fell over an unformed piece of road, a drop of about oft. He lay stunned for some time before assistance came, and was then helped to the residence of Doctor Briffalt, who ordered his removal to an hospital, -where he will probably have to remain for some-weeks James Smart, tho cyclist who collided with an aerated water cart at the corner of Hereford street and Barbadoes etTeet on Saturday. April 17th, died yesterday. An inquest ■will bo held on Saturday.

Cpbess association telegbams.) .WELLINGTON, May 20. Miss Louisa Chant, aged 49 years, a patient in the Wellington Hospital, died this morning after chloroform had been administered to her for the purpose of enabling an operation to be performed. Dr. Hardwick Smith (medi<sai superintendent of the- hospital),, and Drs. Faulko and Foster were present, and did everything in their power to restore animation. Dr. McArthur, district coroner, held an inquest, It was shown that deceased had been in poor health for some time, suffering from appendicitis. ! She was operated on on April Bth. and stood the anaesthetic well. It was then found that the existence of tumours rendered another operation imperative. Thi* took place this morning, special precautions being taken owing to the patient's weak state. Three tumours were removed; Just after the operation, from sheer -weakness, the \patient's heart ceased to beat. A verdict was returned of 'death from heart failure, accelerated by the administration of amestbeties for the purposes of qn operation, which was absolutely necessary. . OAMARU, May 20. A young man named Thos. Martin, a tailor, died while being conveyed from the football field to-day. He had complained of feeling unwell for several, days, and whilo_ playing football •in a match to-day, it is "supposed he struck one of the goal poste with his head.. He. we* removed from the ground, but died shortly afterwards. The doctor who attended him says death was due to haemorrhage of the brain. - DTTNEDIN. May 20. The adjourned inquest touching the death.< of. Lucy Kingston, a domestic servant, which occurred at tho hospital on Wednesday, May 12th, wae continued/hefore the Coroner, Mr H. YJWiadbwson, this afternoon. Drs. Gloss .gave evidence as to the «ffect that' deceased died of septic poisoning, apparently caused by. a miscarriage. Annie Driver, wife of H. JS. Driver, said .deceased admitted to her that an operation had been performed,/but, she declined to say by wJiom. < After further evidence" had been-given, the inquest was further adjourm*d to enable the police- to make additional enquiries. '

GORE. May 20. A man named Andrew. Wallace, tweaty-five years old. a resident of the Waiimea rPlaius, was found drowned in a liigoon near tho Mataura river, at Riv-uredate, • last night.. He suffered from the after-effects of influenza. ,