CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17064, 8 February 1921, Page 6

CASUALTIES.

FATAL FALL FROM HORSE. Mrs A. Moore, a resident' of New Brighton, was killed last night, by falling from a horse. Dt. Glasgow, of New Brighton, was called to Bexlcy road, the scene of the accident, _ at about 8 p.m., but found life extinct, Mrs Moore's neck being broken. Death was evidently instantaneous. The horse, from which Mrs Moore fell, is described as a very quiet animal. It was ridden by a gentleman before the accident. The horso was owned by Mr Thomas Gee. a North Canterbury farmer, who is at present staying at New Brighton, and it was intended that Mrs Moore should ride it in the lady's hack class at the Dunedin show. Mrs Moore last night was riding the horse in view of the _ show, and while attempting to break it from a trot to a canter, she pulled hard on .the bridle, and the peculiar construction of the bit caused the horse to suddenly swerve, with a result that the rider fell off and landed on her head. Mrs Moore, who was formerly Miss Button, was one of the best l™own horse-women in the Dominion, and had broken in many animals. She was a well-known figure at shows, being, particularly efficient in riding over hurdles. WOMAN FOUND DROWNED. The body of a woman between 25 and 30 years of afj© waa found on the North Beach, New Brighton, yesterday afternoon, and removed to tho morgue, where it awaits- identification. Tno deceased was sft 3in or sft 4in in Iheight, well built, with brown hair, fair complexion, and a full set of false teeth. She was dressed in a black and white check costume, with blouse of white black undersElrt, and slate-grey artificial silk stockings. One of her shoes had been half-soled. In the blouse -was a greenstone bar brooch, gold-mounted, witih the letter "V" in the cpntre. The body had not been long in the water. An inquest was held by Mr S. E. McCarthy. Coroner, yesterday, concerning the death of a newly-born male child, whose body was found on Saturday morning in a cardboard box in Wright's road, ■ Addington. Evidence as to the finding of the body was given by Mary Smith. Dr. Pearson, who made a'post-mortem examination, said the chila was not a full-time one, and j it had probably made an ineffectual attempt to live, It had been washed after birth, but had not received skilled attention. There were no marks of violence on the body. The inquest was adjourned sine die. (PEESS A.SSOCt'vOIO.H TELEGRAMS.) ! DUNEDIN, February 7. A well-known Waimate resident, Alfred James Manchester, aged fifty, while motoring •with a companion yesterday from Waimate to Dunedin, was killed near Palmerston through the car capsizing. HASTINGS, February 7. • Thomas Waterworth, aged fifty-foar, a -well-known dentist, was found dead in a batih at his residence last evening. WANGANUI, February 7. A half-caste Maori lad named Richmond David, aged twelve vcars, was drowned in the Wanganui river while bathing. <