CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16700, 8 December 1919, Page 8

CASUALTIES.

Our correspondent writes that th« Rev. A. T. Thompson, Noiv Zealand representative of tlio British and Foreign HiWo Society, met with n painful accident ft Geraldinc on Friday afternoon. Ho was cranking up hi* motor-oar when the engine hack-iired, with the result that his ami was brcken. At about <J p.m. on Saturday, at the corner of H.u badoes and Chester street*, a collision orcurrcd between a cart, belonging to T. H. I>uroso ? and a. motor-cycle, ridden bv Frederick T. Davis. Tlio motor-cycle was upset, and Davis, who struck tho ground heavily, rcccivinl several abrasions. Whilo climbing up tho whool of a carrier'* c.art on Saturday morning. Allen Mortlock, nged eight years, had his leg caught and a nasty wound was inflicted. lie was removed to tho hospital for treatment. A few days ago Mr C. P. Adnms, lat«< resident of Wellington nnd Palmcrstoii North, and now of Goitlburn, Nov South Wales, collider] with a motor-car whilo cycling to his hf me. He was sent clean through tho wind-screen, receiving injuria necessitating sixteen stitches to the head, lie is making satisfactory progress. Mr Adams is a son of Mr» C. W. Adams, Bellcvuo road, Lower Hutt. and brother to Dr. Adams, of Wellington. A man named Cooper, of TavlorV Mistake, lest known in the locality as ''Uncle Sam," met with an accident on Saturday night. He was proceeding over the hills from Sumner, and when nearing his hut he slipped and broke his log. A number of campers carried him to .Sumner, from where he w: - sent to tho Christchurch Hospital. (FJtXSS ASSOCIATION- TET.r.GRAMJ AUCKLAND, December 7. Hyan lirookfleld. a *on of .Mr Kennc'h IJrooki'ielrl, solicitor, aged eighteen months was being bather] last nigbi. and on .he rursegirl returning after brief interval, tho child was found dead, its head being under water. WELLINGTON, December 7. Tho police have received information that a man named Patrick Droingool was drowixrd 10-d.iv at Titahi Isjv. N<» particulars aro available. fDeceased, who was about 24 or L'.i years of age, was employed in tlio Public Trust Oflice, Wellington, as a soli'-i----tor. Ho belonged to Auckland.}