DEATHS AND CASUALTIES

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8189, 2 August 1912, Page 5

DEATHS AND CASUALTIES

tun ASSOCIATION. EAILWAY HAND INJURED. DANNEVIRKE, August 1. Patrick Cloherty, a railway ■nrfaoemaa at Oringi. got on the wrong train at theDannevirka station last night. On dis* covering his mistake, ho jumped out while facing the wrong way, end hie left foot went under one of the carriages. The foo* was severely crushed and the -eg mangled. He was taken to the hospital, .sad the leg was amputated below the knee. PENSIONER FOUND DEAD. AUCKLAND, 5 August 1. Robert' Martin, an old ago pensioner, was found dead at his residence this morning. He was apparently well last night. OPERATION PROVES FATAL. DUNEDIN, August 1. Ah Wong, a Chinaman, died at Alcxan* dra on Tuesday evening while undergoing an operation for removal of a oanoerour growth in the neck. LICENSEE'S WIFE EXPIRES. PAHIATUA, August 1. Mis Lys, wife of the licensee of the Utr kuri Hotel, died suddenly yesterday morning. She was found by her husband lying on the floor of her bedroom in a state or collapse, and expired belore medical assistance arrived, f FATAL LAW PACCIDENT. TIMAEU, August 1. Ivor Wilson, an insurance agent,” met hl» death in a painful manner last night. Ho was working at his books at home, using a kerosene lamp. About 10 p.m. the neighbours heard cries and groans, and going to the house found the room on fl e and Wilson unconscious on the floor with He clothes eaten to the boots and. also burned off. The body was shoe-.in iy burned, and the sufferer died In a few hours. He leaves a widow and one child. Mrs Wilson happened to be out, and came homo as her husband was brought out of the house. An inquest was opened and adjourned.