CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 13937, 10 January 1911, Page 10

CASUALTIES.

__: »■ . - . IKQU EST. An inquest was held at Rangiora yday by Mr T. A. B. Bailey, Corouer, . into -tbo 'death of John Bolger, a widower, livirjg alone. Death must have j occurred between 8 p.m. on Wednesday . end Saturday evening, when deceased . wag found. Dr. Burnett, who had '. made a post mortem examination, stated that death was duo to. hears failure, following a fit of vomiting, and a verdict was returned accordingly. A child, five years of age, named , Jean "Brownlee,,daughter of tho cheese factory ( manager at Barry's Bay, while playing' on the beach on Thursday evening, fell and broke her arm. Sho . was taken to. Akaroa, where Dr. Me-, Jteddie sot the injured limb. ,i Whilst going his rounds in Amberley yesterday.. R. Smyth, a bptcher residing ot Balcairn, was thrown from his carb through his horse bolting. Tho back band of tho harness snapped, allowing the shafts to fall, and -the startled horse careered through Amberley before being stopped.. Smyth was bruised and cut about the face, whilst this horse was .considerably cut about the legs. When the small steamer Wootton was on the point of leaving Akaroa yesterday mor-aing for Lyttelton, a man went on board and pleaded hard for a passage round. Tho captain finally agrj?d to take him, but the man, who seamed to. be suffering very much from tho affects of drink, became very violent, and behaved in an extraordinary manner on board. While getting down from the bridge to the main deck, he fell heavily and injured himself seriously. Tho accident occurred outside Lyttelton Heads, and on tho ar- " rival of the steamer, the injured man was taken ashore and attended to by

Dr. Steven, who ordered his immediate removal to tho Christchurch Hospital. The man, whose name is supposed to be Ryan, received a serious fracture of 1 tho skull, and at three o'clock this I morning was still unconscious and in. a critical condition. (PRESS, ASSOCIATION* TELEGRAMS.) AUCKLAND, January 9. Dr. T. Hope Lewis was severely injured in a motor accident this afternoon. His car collided with a tramcar, and he was thrown heavily to the ground. His condition late to-night waa fairly satisfactory. GISBORNE, January 9. James _ Wall, a barman, suffered a sunstroke while bathing yesterday, and died this morning. He was a native of Melbourne. MASTERTON-, January 9. ' An accident* occurred on Saturday night or S-unday morning, resulting in the death of a man named Alexander Cameron:*"Deceased has been working out 'otiytTlo East Coast, and went to see friends, some.-distance away. He •was discoveredon the roadside yesterday morning, and died almost immediately. - He had, apparently, been : thrown from'his horse, and been in-' : jured in the liead, and had lain there I all nighty He was about forty-five years- of age, and a native -of Scotland. ;■".. ■•:■.■. '■,■ ■-.' ".: ■-..:. WELLINGTON", January 9. Albert Chapman Monkhouse, ased eighteen years,* dived from the Petone ' wharf," a r height of - eight feet, on Saturday 'afternoon into the water, which at the spot" was only four feet deep. He was observed by his companions in a standing position, but with his face and hnnds in the water. Ho was pulled out of the water, and when it was discovered that ha could not \iso hisaxms or legs he was removed to. tho hospital, where he died yesterday afternoon. It is' supposed that he-injured his neck when he struck'the bottom. OiITA MOUTH, January 9. John Bennington, aged thirty years .single, a plumber by , trade,- was found hanging to a beam in Kettle Brothers' cart shed this morning. TIMARU, January 9. At the ioquent on Thomas Lack, whose body was found in the harbour ' yesterday, a verdict of found drowned was returned. GORE, January 9. An elderly ' man, named Char.-es Grant, was killed on Saturday night lat Balfour. He was crossing ' the railway yards, from Main street to tho station, and heing hard of healing did not notice tho approaching train. Tho driv«r'abtn-dovvr. tho. brakes;?, and: 'but "Grant',, thinking to-cross tbo line) failed, to- get dear.' The engine 'struck lum in the back arid side, tie was picked up in . a comatose condition, .and put on the train for Lumsclcn, but he died after being place.d in the. guard's van. Deceased come from Glasgow, and had been in . New Zealrfnd thirty-eight years. At t the inquest a .verdict of accidental ! death, iw blame being attachable to anyone, was returned. * ___ ((SPECIAL TO "THE PBEBB.'') , • . GREYMOUTH, January 9. About 9 o'clock this morning an explosion'"of gas occurred in Beban's section.of the' rope road at the State mine- extension, whereby two men named Patrick'Rodden and John Dunn were seriously'humt. They.were working in tho tunnel when the explosion, , the cause of which is not very clear, took place. Work had -been..suspended for the holidays, and was only resumed to-day, and it is thought that the ment went, into the tunnel before the fans had had sufficient time to work effectively. Dunn was badly burned about the head, arms and body, and<is in a critical condition. Rodden was also burned about the head, arms and face, but he is progressing favourftLly.