CASUALTIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13078, 14 September 1904, Page 5

CASUALTIES.

(Fitou Our Ow.n- Correspondent.)

ROXBURGH, September 13.

A woman named Mrs E. Malono was found dead in her liousii this morning. Her husband is u night watchman on one of the claims, and when he frrived homo thia morning found his wife lying dead. The dcoeased bad been suffering from dropsy for some time, but was out working in her garden tho day previous. Tlio doctor his been attending her, and visited her on. the day beforo her death. 11'eu United Press Association'.) , TAIIIAPE, Scptomber 13. A man named S.ootty M'lntyre, a carpenter at Turangareri, was found buried in tho mud up to tho nock on Sunday morning. Tho Maoris cut a channel in to the man, and rescued him ill a very exhausted condition. Ho was taken to tho pa and washed and nursed. It is supposed that he was returning after midnight from Taihapc, and, wandering from tho road in the dark, got bogged, and was unable to extricate himself. He has now recovered.

1 NELSON, September 13. Mr Frank Slalkrd, .harbourmaster at Collingwood, had a narrow escape on Monday night, lit: went out by himself in a small dingey to remove a snag that lmd stranded in tho way of an expected steamer, but whilst at work his boat capsized and filled. TTnablo to right it, ho hung on and hailed tho steamer, but there was some delay in rescuing him, be having drifted out to sea, and after being carried hoino some tirao elapsed beforo he completely recovered.

A young man named John Clarko was admitted yesterday after-icon to tho Hospital suffering from an injured hand. It appears that Clarke, who was working at tho Utigo Foundry, got bis left hand drawn into some machinery, with tho result that two of his fingers were completely taken off.