CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1858, 1 July 1887, Page 16

CASUALTIES.

The Cromwell Argus reports an accidentwhicb has since terminated fatally t tq [Miss Slatterj^am old resident of the*diatrict,**who> while returning: from her sister's residence, fell over the riv*r bank and remained there until she was discovered about 10 hours afterwards.

A son of Mr Wi CSonyew, of Ihvercaigill, had the misfortune to be one of the passengers ia the train which met with an accident near Sydney on Jubilee Day. He had his right leg fractured below the knee.

A fatal accident occurred on the 20th inst. to Mr Arthur, Ji Shand, of Strsthearrr station, near £ # \ Lake Wakatipu.M Mr Shand left Strathearn! toj \ % visit one' of his stations^about four miles distant'/ m but not returning at the usual time, search was made,' and his dead body was -found a few hundred yards distant from his' home. It is believed the horse shied and Mr Shand was. thrown. Death resulted from concussion of jth& brain, an^inusf b^v^e'ib^QN instantaneous."! Xfeceased was 34 years "of age and was unmarnea'f

A fire which is believed Jfco be the result of incendiarism took place 1 - at * Wallacetown on the 19th, when two four-roomed cottages belonging to Mr D. O'Keefewere'^esfco'yed.t' One was occupied by the owner and was insured for £40 in the Norwich Union office ; the furniture was uninsured. The other was unoccupied and was insured for £30 in the National. The fire started in each house almost simultaneously. Afire broke' out in the TimarusWbdJeni-i factory at 10.30 p.m. on the 23rd. It was con* fined to the offices and store room, both ©£ which were completely gutted. The building is insured for £4000, divided as follows: — Equitable, £2250; Victoria, £500; New Zealand, £500; Colonial, £750. This appears to be an error, because the Equitable has no insurance on the building, although they have . a polioy for the amount stated on the machinery, , but of this a large proportion is reinsured. The lessee had insured his goods and property in the Manchester Fire Association for £500. The goods destroyed were blankets, underclothing,, &c. The contents of the room were valued at £1000. The 'i machinery, \.&°-»" was euntoucinecl,, the fire being confined to the store and' office'. 4*4 *

Alfred Larkins, who had his, leg broken by asm accident at Fort Chalmers about a fortnight; ago, died in the hospital at 4 o'clock on Sunday morning. His leg had been amputated belpw the knee on his admission to the hospital. An-'old woman named Davis -was found dead -.•>■ in her house at Pamnure (Auckland). „, She had been missing for several days. : The body was in a horrible state, the rats having eaten it. Robert Wood, a clerk in " the Bank of New Zealand ,at Hamilton North, , was accidentally shot on Monday by a gun exploding. '" "» , £?, . On Monday a well-known character in Grey Valley — Alexander M'Dowall, but ' commonly known as "Blackguard Sandy" — went to the middle of the Brunner Bridge, got outside, holding on by a waterpipe crossing, the bridge, and „ - after , waving' adieu to those in eight, : saying §*> J " Good-bye, old fellow," dropped' into the'river.' He came to .the surface,' and apparently, made an effort to save himself by paddling with his hands. In the meantime- a young man named Gregory partially stripped and plunged in to save M'Dowall, but by the time he got close to the drowning man he sank, having floated over 100 yds on the surface of the water. , Sandy had > been out of work about 10 days, and had been drinking freely, but those who saw him last said he seemed right enough. He was a very old settler, and an honest, hard-working man, only occasionally given to drink. Arthur Carter, a draper's assistant, at present out of employment, stabbed ' himself at Wellington on Tuesday morning. On Monday night he had a quarrel with the woman with whom he is cohabiting,' and she left; him and went to a friend's house. He followed her, and, on her refusing to return with him, he drew a pocket-knife and inflicted a wound on his left breast, just over the heart. The wound is not considered dangerous.