CASUALTIES.

Evening Star, Issue 12762, 15 March 1906, Page 4

CASUALTIES.

Just before one o'clock to-day Mrs John Eoberts, of Littlebourne, was stepping from the Princes street pathway opposite the Dresden, when a bicyclist failed in his attempt to.avoT* a collision, -and Mrs Pvoberts was knocked down. Bystanders carried her into Mr J. Waters's chemist's shop, and Dr Fitchett was soon in attendance. The injuries, we are glad to learn, are not of a serious nature. Reginald Walker, aged eighteen years, son of a farmer of Richmond (Nelson), on Tuesday night took his gun for the purpose of shooting. Not returning, search parties were out on the hills all night. Yesterday morning his hat was found in the reservoir wiuch supplies the borough. The water was run off, and his body was found where there had been 20fb of water. It is supposed that his hat blew off as he was passing the reservoir, and in trying to recover it he fell in. The Christchurch police received advice from Akaroa yesterday that Sydney Wolfrevs put his left hand through the window of I*9 hpuse on the previous evening, when under the influence of liquor, cutting his wrist badly, and was some hour's later found dead in the kitchen. At the inquest held at Balcairn on the body of Herbert Ensor, who was found dead in his whare, a verdict of death from peritonitis was returned. CHRISTCHURCH, March 15. An inquest was held this morning touching the death of Violet Muriel Owens, a single girl, seventeen years old, who died suddenly after a medical operation. There was nothing in the medical evidence to show any improper treatment, and the jury returned a verdict that death was due to shock following the operation. INVERCARGILL, Marcn 15. Kate Deegan, aged seventeen, single, a domestic servant, died in the hospital after a brief illness under circumstances that render an inquest necessary.