CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1891, 1 May 1890, Page 15

CASUALTIES.

A lad 15 years of age, named William Walker, was admitted into tho hospital on Sunday afternoon, suffering with a badly bruised foot. Ifc appears he was a passenger by a tramcar corning into town from Sb. Clair, and jumped off the platform at the rear, intending to get on the platform in front. Aa, however, he was endeavouring to cirry out his intention, the wheel of the car passed over his foot, injuring it severely. On {Saturday William Kruise, a settlor at Brightwater, Nelson, was riding on top of a load of straw, wheu, on passing under a telegraph line wire, he was caught and thrown to the ground with such force that he sustained severe internal injuries, or which he died nexb day. A determined c&se of suicide occurred at Caversbam on Monday morning A man named Thomas Leonard Ohitty, 60 years of age, left his house about, 9 o'clock, and as he did not re.turn his wife became alarmed and asked a neighbour to look if he was iv an outhouse, where she suspected he had gone. The neighbour on looking in at the window saw Chitfcy hanging from the roof. He burst in the door and cut down the body, afterwards sending for the police. Constable Groves arrived about 10 o'clock, nnd had the body removed, Dr Teevau was telephoned for, but. the man was dead before the doctor arrived ; in fact, it is supposed he was dead when he was cut down. Deceased had often threatened to take his wife's life, but it was not thought that he ever had any intention of taking his own. A single man, named William Alexander, a rabbiter, employed on Rocklands station, Deep Stream, is supposed to have committed suicide by drowning on Sunday morning. -About the beginning of last week he returned to the station from Dunedin, and it was evident then that he had been drinking heavily. He went about his hut in a very restless manner, and was continually talking to himself, but as his talk was sensible enough at times it was not thought he contemplated suicide. He was also troubled with insomnia. On Sunday morning he got up early, and as he was not seen for some hours search was made for him. At noon his body was found in the Deep Stream river. It. is said that deceased has a sister living in Willington. A man named George Thomas was rather severely injured at Nenthorn on Friday morning. He was engaged blasting rock at Craig's mining claim, and after setting fiteto the fuse in the usual way ho retired f o a short diatanca to await the explosion, but ?.s it did not come off he went back to find out the cause. Just as he gob up to tho rock the bla&t went off. Some of the flying stones hit him on the head, and he w;is knocked down and rendered insensible. He was attended to by Mr Thompson, chemist, who found that he had received two deep cuts on tho forehead, and that his left collar-bone had been brokon. Ho is now progressing favourably. A young girl of about 14 years of age, the granddaughter of Mr Richard Driver, of Purakanui, met with a very severe accident on Sunday. While walking along tha cliffs the missed her footiug aud fell a distance of about 200 ft, where she lay for about seven hours before being picked up and conveyed to her homo. She was attouded by Dr Ounuinghnm, who found that in addition to severe scalp wounds her shoulder was broken and she had sustained severe itite.rnal injuries ; ebo lies in a very precarious condition. Andrew Jackson, a joung man, narrowly escapedbeing drowiied iv the suif at Lawyer's Head on Sunday, lie could not swim, and therefore contented himself with paddling p.bout, in shallow water, but he got beyond his depth, and the back-wash wts steadily carrying him out to st-a, when two rncu who were pass.i g noticed his plight and at once went to his assistance, bunging him ashore in an unconscious state. He soon recovered. The rescuers deserve every praise for tin ir plucky action, for it is certaiu that had they not acted as promptly and j manfully as they did Jackson would hevo been drowned. News was reoeivod at Napier of the discovery of th ■ dead body of Ernest Peter in the bed of tho Tutakiiri river below a cliff 30ft high, Deceased wis a son of the Hon. A. S Peter, of A'shburton, and was visiting Hawkt's Bay with tho object of puruhashing a country property. He lelfc town on the 14th inst., and bad not been heard of till the difcoviry of his body. His horse was found on the 17th, tied to some manuka scrub some little, distimce off the road, about five miles from PukeUpu, which place deceased was seen lo pass through on Saturday last. Mrs Thomas Calcnfcfc and her niece, Miss L. Carr, met with an ac.idc-nt on Saturday. White driving from Goodwood House the wheel of t''icir buggy came into contact with a gate? post. Thu horse citnmencpd to plunge and upset the buggy, both larlips being thrown out Mrs OalcuM was a good deal fcbaken and upset, but Miss Carr escaped without snj injury. Tho hoif.e galloped awjy wlta the bu^ay nnti* lih dropped dead, the vehicle having h-en by that time almost completely destroyed.

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