CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1974, 19 September 1889, Page 16

CASUALTIES.

Captain Bryant, engineer of the Maharabara Copper Mine, was found dead on the back staircase of the Masonic Hotel, Woodville, on the 12th. He had just arrived by train from Napier. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause of death. At the inquest a verdict of " Death from natural causes " was returned. Deceased only recently came from Sydney, and was a high authority in mining in the Australian colonies.

Robert Preston, an old gentleman who, with bis family, recently arrived at Hawke's bay from Otago, died suddenly on the 11th. He walked some distance out in the country to visit some friends, and was in the latters' orchard looking at some trees when he fell dead. Death wag the result either of apoplexy or paralysis.

A young man named James Davidson was received into the Hospital on the 12th inst. with bis right leg crushed from the knee downwards. The injury was the result of an accident caused by Davidson getting between two railway trucks near the Jetty street wharf. He was attended by Dr Copland, and is progressing as well as can be expected.

The Wellington Post regrets to learn that a painful accident occurred last week to the Rev. Joseph Berry. The rev. gentleman was engaged in riding a tricycle along one of the roads of the city, when the machine collided with a dog, the tricycle and its rider being capsized. Mr Berry's shoulder was injured, and be was confined to bis house at Newtown for several days.

An accident happened at Speight's brewery on Saturday to a man named John Hoanson, employed as maltster there. It appears he was carrying a number of empty sacks up a plank, when he fell and badly, fractured his left leg above the ankle. Dr Lamb was called in and ordered bis removal to the hospital, where he was attended to by Drs Gordon Macdonald and Barclay. Arthur Findlay, a lad 16 years of age, was admitted to the hospital yesterday suffering with a severe injury to his right thumb, caused by an explosion of gunpowder, which occurred ia the afternoon at Caversham Rise while he and some other lads were playing with powder.

The Taieri Advocate states that two young children belonging to Mr M'Crae, bootmaker, Otakja, had a narrow escape from death by poisoning last week. The children had been drioking water from a tank into which some poisoned small birds had fallen. Dr Cuttan was sent for on their becoming ill, and was able to bring them round.

A sad case of sudden death is reported from Collingwood, Nelson. A young lady, Miss Doyle, daughter of Mrs Doyle, Nelson, was on a visit to Collingwood, and while at the house of a friend there she suddenly fell down dead on Sunday night. She was shortly to be married.

Our Glutha correspondent informs us that a lad 14 years of age, son of Mr Atkins, painter, Balclutha, had his arm so badly crushed while working at a flax mill that Dr Smith found it necessary to perform the operation of amputation at the elbow. The lad At latest advices was getting on very well.

Acarpeiiternamed Roberts, working on thereof of the Sunnyside Asylum, Christchurcb, was desceading a creeping ladder when it ran off the roof, precipitating him to the ground, a distance of 40ft. Roberts sustained a fracture of the left forearm and right thigh, besides internal injuries not yet ascertained. The medical superintendent paid the necessary attention, and the victim is doing as well as possible under the circumstances.