LADY AUGUSTA BOYLE

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1202, 15 March 1895, Page 32

LADY AUGUSTA BOYLE

Auckland, March 7

Lady Augusta Boyle, the eldest daughter of Lord Glasgow, met with a distressing accident this evening. While practising riding a horse in the paddock at Government House, she was thrown off, receiving a compound dislocation of the left ankle, • the end of the fibula protuding through the skin and stocking. It was necessary to perform an operation with the aid of chloriform, which was done by Dr Haines. Lady Augusta Boyle is progressing as favourably as can be expected. Much sympathy is expressed for the young lady and tor Lord and Lady Glasgow. Later. Lady Augusta Boyle is progressing favourably. She was riding a barebacked pony when she met with the accident.

A buggy occupied by Mrs A. Ross aud Mrs H. Ross and her child, was run into in High street, Marton, on Thursday week, by the runaway horse and cart of a Chinese vegetable dealer. The buggy was upset,; and its occupants thrown on to the roadway, fortunately without receiving any injury beyond a severe shaking. . A three-roomed cottage in Taonui street, Palmerston North, occupied by an elderly man named Chas. Spearing, was gutted by fire early on Friday morning. The cottage was owned by Chas. Walker, and was insured in the National Office for «£l5O.

The Coroner held an inquest at the Hospital on Saturday on the body of Amy Beatrice Cowbrick, aged 13 years, a former inmate of the Mount View Asylum. Deceased was admitted to the institution from. Napier on April 11th, 1894. On Monday last she was seized with a series of very severe epileptic fits, which left her in an exhausted condition. She did not rally, and died on Friday at 9.30 p.m. The medical evidence was to the effeqt that death was from epilepsy, and the jury, of which Mr W. F. Crouch was foreman, returned a verdict accordingly. Alexander Beymer, pantryman on the Wakatipu, fell down the hold, about 20 feet, while the steamer was South. He escaped with a severe shaking and a nasty cut under the chin.

A man named William Guymer, a carpenter in the employ of the Wellington Harbour Board, met with an accident in C Shed, Queen’s Wharf, on Monday. He was standing on a ladder boring a hole through one of the beams which cross the top of the shed when the ladder slipped, and Guymer fell to the ground, a distance of about 15ft. He was taken to his home in Donald McLean street, Newtown, and attended by Dr Alexander, who reports that the man is badly shaken and bruised, but that no bones are broken, and that he is in no danger. Some anxiety was felt on Monday afternoon for the safety of the crew of a small yacht which was off Kaiwarra, as a strong wiud was blowing, at the time, and the men did not seem , to be able to properly handle the craft, and were making signals of distress to those on shore. On the matter being reported at the Harbour Board Office the Duco was sent out to the assistance of the yacht and towed her in. Our Masterton . correspondent telegraphs : A house on the Upper Plain, owned by Mr R. Milton and occupied by the family of Mr W. Dagg, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday night. The family escaped in their nightdresses. Practically nothing was saved. The building was insured for £l5O. Auckland, March 7.

While a railway engine was hauling three trucks, one uncoupled, ran down tho Railway Wharf with two men in it, and went over into the sea. Sehalier, one of the men thrown into the water, was able to swim to the wharf, but the other, Diamond, an old man of 65 years, was struck by the truck in its descent and disabled. Daniel McKenzie, a seaman of the schooner Huia, promptly jumped into the water, and held Diamond up till he was brought to the wharf. Diamond had five ribs broken, and is in a critical condition. A boy named Cottingham, who fell over the wharf, was rescued by the boatswain of the schooner Isabel, Edward Hargreaves, who jumped over after him. Auckland, March 11.

Edward Lennan, a settler, was found dead, hanging by.the neck from a hat-peg in the passage of the Kohukohu Hotel. lie was a single man, but his sister resided with him on his selection. He was a printer by trade, and had been employed on the Northern Luminary newspaper, Kawakawa. Nelson, March 7. A young man named E. Donkin, trying to jump on a tramear while it was in motion, fell under the wheel, and received a double compound fracture of the ankle. Hawera, March 8. Henry’s timber factory at Hawera was destroyed by fire at about I o’clock this morning. It contained about £3OO worth of machinery, and a large stock of windows, doors, gates, &c. Nothing was saved, and there was no insurance. The loss is a heavy one. Woodville, March 8. A settler named Greorge Logan is missing. He left home yesterday morning to go over the back of his property, which is rough bush country. His dog returned last night without him, and it is feared some mishap has occurred. Woodville, March 9. The missing settler, Logan, is safe. He was lost in the bush. Reefton, March 8. Mr Patrick Caples, an old and respected pioneer prospector, has been missing from the Big River district for the past three weeks, and grave fears are entertained for his safety. Chbjstciitjech, March 10. About 10 o’clock last night a fire broko out in shops in Colombo street owned by John Cameron, and occupied by F. A. Cook, grocer, and Munson and Co., crockery

and fancy goods dealers. Extensive damage was done, though the amount has not yet been ascertained. The following are the insurances so far as could be learned : —Cook’s stock, Albion, <£soo; Norwich Union, <£3oo; Commercial Union, <£2oo ; Manchester, <£4so : total, .£1450. Munson and Co., United, .£250 : Phoenix, £2so’

Captain Cress well, of the City Guards, who went into the water at New Brighton to bring back a dog, narrowly escaped drowning.