CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1895, 16 March 1888, Page 22

CASUALTIES.

A boy named Colin Sutherland, six or seven years of age, whose parents reside in Stuart street, died on Saturday morning from the effects of an accident that befel him the previous day. He attended the Normal School, and was run over near the corner of George street and Moray place by a spring cart, which it"is stated was proceeding at a very leisurely pace. Another vehicle was approaching from a different direction, and the child became bewildered. He was attended by Dr Stenhouse, but succumbed to internal injuries. During some boat raciug that took place on the upper harbour on Saturday afternoon a small craft, occupied by four lads, capsized opposite the end of Rattray street wharf. They were pinked up immediately by a yacht passing at the time, and had this assistance not been at hand they would have been certainly rescued owing to the promptitude shown on board H.M.S. gunboat Swinger, which was lying alongside the wharf. The moment the accident happened an order was given on board the gunboat, and almost instantly a couple of boats were manned and shot out from the vessel's side.

John Palmer, an Auckland bushman, was killed by the head of a kauri tree falling on him.

A man named Walter Morley was killed at Dargaville, Auckland, by the limb of a tree falling upon him. The Southland News states that a girl named Lily Mason, the daughter of Mr Thomas Mason, of Seaward Bush, was badly burned from the waist to the ankle, as well as on one of her arms, by her clothes catching fire while lifting a kettle off the fire. She ran out of the house and called her mother, who jumped a fence to get to her assistance and applied water from a pump. At Auckland John David Gray, aged 65, walked into Rayne's butcher's shop, Parnell, and seizing a knife attempted suicide by cutting his throat. He is alive, but shockingly injured.

Gray, who attempted suicide at Auckland, is likely to recover. He threatens to repeat the attempt as soon as he is set at liberty. A very serious accident occurred at Moa Flat station on Sunday last (writes our Lawrence correspondent) to a Mr Hyde; clerk on the station. He was driving a boar away from the place when the animal turned round and seized Li.s leg, an<i, it is believed, crushed it up, thus causing a compound fracture of the leg and a terribly ugly wound. The unfortunate man was ought brinto Lawrence Hospital late the same evening. Dr Withers, the hospital surgeon, deemed it necessary to call in Dr Blair in con.sultafcion, after which it was decided to have the opinion of Dr Brown, of Dunedin, who jeacbed Lawrence on Tuesday. After consuli ation the doctors decided to try and save the leg, and have adopted means accordingly. A serious accident happeued on the tramway ;it Wellington. The car was in the act of stopping opposite Newton School to let a lady teacher out, when a little boy named Walters, nged about nine or ten, in attempting to get out of the front door, stumbled and fell beneath the

car. When the ear stopped the wheel was found resting on the boy's body. The latter was extricated, and was found to have sustained severe injuries. He was at once removed to the hospital, bub it is not expected that he will recover.