CASUALTIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10755, 20 March 1897, Page 5

CASUALTIES.

(Per Dkiteb Phess Association.)

Auckland, March 19,

Henry Thompson, a compositor in the Herald Dffice, who had been working yesterday in his usual health, died last night of heart diflease athis home while making up his weekly bill. He \t& beentn the Herald office for 25 years.

"Wellington, March 19

Mr Henry Sullivaii, wall known as "Barry" Sullivan, formerly laudlord of the National Hotel, died this evening after a brief illness from dropsy. He leaves a wife and ttnee. children.

A very serious cycling accident occurred j near Milton on Wednesday. Mr D. H. , Robertson, manager o£ the Bank of New j Zealand, was 'returning from Waihola and was "coasting" dowa tha well-kuown hill at Clarendon, when bis machine swerved ami ran on to the side of the road. Tha ground being very rongb/it became impossible for Mr Robertson to recover himself, and ha was carried right to the bottom, landing against a bank with such an impact ss to render him unconscious. "When picked up ha was found to be ranch braised. Medical aid was at. once summoned, and Dr Sutherland soon arrived on the scene. The patient waa too bad to ba removed to his home, so he was foken to the house of Blr J. Duncan. He is suffering from a severe concussion of the brain. No change took place all day yesterday, and in the evening Dr Bcown^rrived from Dunedin, when he and Dr Sutherland held a consultation. At the time cf going to press the patient had not regained consciousness.—Bruce- Herald.

< The Clutha Leader supplies- the following particulars of the sad, accident by ■which John, eldest son of the Rev. John Stuven, Presbyterian minister at Papakaio, and hio cousin, George William GladsJODe, only son of the late j Robert Cra'mond, of Bilclutha, lost their lives while bathing in the Clutha lliver :—" The t*o . young men having besa cutting with' the binder in the forenoon, had dinner, and about 1 o'clock went for a bathe in the river, as they had done often before. They were not missed till some hours afterwards, whan Mr James Steven found they had not been in the field since dinner time. He immediately went to the rivar, and found their clothes on the hank at the usual bathing pkce, close beside the house. The river was at once dragged, but it was not till the evening that th« bodies were recovered. Tha body of Cramoud was perfectly riijid and the legs drawn up, ■while that of Steven was quite limp. The Burmise is, therefore, that tha former had takeu cramp and that tha latter had gone to his assistance, with the result that both were drowned. On no other hypothesis can their death be accounted for, for even at high tide there would, not be more than sift of water where Cramond's body was found. The deceased were both promising young men. Cramond ha.d passed thf junior civil service examination, and Steven was, studying foe a mining engineer."