CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17629, 5 December 1922, Page 9

CASUALTIES.

DEATH ON BOWLING GREEN-.

Alexander McLean, ot the Alexandra .District High School, dropptxl dend on Saturday aftcrnoou l'rom heart, failuro on the Cromwell bowling green during tho courso of an i::tVr-r!nl» mstoli. Tho tamo had just re-started after the tea adjournniont ;vhen (he deooaseel, who was "skipping," stopped ,-iside to avoid a bowl, and colhipk'd 011 the creon. Mr JlcI/oau vu* a prominent liowlet in Otago Central, l>?ing oti<? of tno original inejuof tht> Alexandra Cjub. Ho was rap tain of the Opoho Cricket Club in Iluncvlin aho.it ?0 years as«. Ho wai trained for tho teaching profession in tho Normal f>ehool ; Dnnedin, and attended classes at Ota go Unircrsitv under Dr. Shajit! srj Dr. Blat'ic. Ho was first, assistant in the Goorge street School, Diuiodin, for many years prior to liis appointmctit- to Alexandra several yoATe ago. Ho ivas on tho evo of retiring on superannuation. (FRESS AifiOCIATIOS" TEUJGn.vItS.; DARGAVJLLE, lieeaiuhcr -1. The body of :i boy nmneii .Bassoir, who was drowned 011 Sunday at the Maunganni Bluff, was found a quarter of a uiilo from the uceno of the accident. His head end l'aco were badly battered. At the inquest, the survivors, rowel! and Donaldson, stated that they noticed the boy bleeding from tho head before ho sank. The Coroner found that Bassett was accidentally drowned. December 4. A native, named Toko Punt, while attempting to board a train at Makaraka on Saturday night, fell between tho carriages. lie was run over and killed. WA.NCtA.NOT, December 4. "Eileen Smith, while engaged in helping with milking machines at Maxwellton on Saturday, 'had her right arm torn out as the result of becoming entangled in one of the belts, An operation was performed at the hospital. The sufferer is doing as well as can be expected. DUNEDIN, December 4. Frank Pollock, aged eleven, was killed at Palrucrston on Saturday through a chimney collapsing under the wind pressure.