CASUALTIES.

Lake County Press, Issue 2459, 2 January 1913, Page 5

CASUALTIES.

A nasty and painful accident befell one of the senior cadets named Mus tard, of Kaikora (Roslyn) one of a squad of seuior cadets, who were on a special train returning from the Christcliurch military tournament on Saturday morning. It appears that the cadets had in their possession a number of blank cartridges, which th?y were " fooling " with in the carriage, and that when near Bakaia one of the boys failing to get a reply to a question from Mustard thrust his rifle between the latter's legs and fired off a blank cartridge with which the weapon was loaded. At the shock Mustard immediately fainted, but soon recovered. His clothes were badly burned, but the extent of his personal injuries are unknown as the services of a doctor were not asked for. Some of the cadets appeared rather "merry" as they passed through. A man named Ohas. John Deny, aged about 42, met his death early on Friday morning under sad and strange circumstances. He rented a room in a boardinghouse, at Wauganui, and lately he had been unwell,.but refused advice to go to the 'hospital. Last Friday night, being probably in a high fever, he had a bath, his fellow boarders carrying him back to bed. L/iter Deny got out of bed, and walked off the verandah roof, sustaining injuries from which he died in the hospital Denny served in the South African war, where he was wounded, and for which he received a pension His body was' very emaciated. It is unknown if he has any relatives in New Zealand. A letter from his brother in Paris was found in his effects. George Campbell, a young man of about 25 years of age, was riding the horse Minehaha in a leaping match at Waoranga Ahika (Gisborne) sports on Boxing Day. The horse caught the top rail and fell, throwing the rider, who was seriously injured by contact with the horse's hoofs. Campbell was brought into town, and is at present in a precarious condition. At Auckland a boy named Michael Casey was crushed between trucks while playing with companions. He was badly crushed and one rib broken.' His condition is critical. A motor accident at Timaru on Thursday night resulted in a young woman named Crisp being taken to, the hospital suffering from shock. It appears tbat a young man, without any authority, asked three domestics at Werry's Hotel to have a ride in a car which the owner had left standing outside. He had gone about a mile, and wa3 rounding tbe bay on the main road, when he capsized the car. He has not been seen since, and it is rumored that he bolted, and in distress over the accident threw himself into the sea. It is understood that none of the girls was seriously hurt.