CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1987, 24 March 1892, Page 32

CASUALTIES.

John Hansel, a bricklayer, residing at NorthEast Valley, inadvertently swallowed some " fosforine " on the 16th, which he had taken into his mouth as a cure for toothache. Some time afterwards his left side became almost paralysed. Dr Closs was called in, and he administered an antidote, which had the desired effect.

A lad 15 years of age, named James Barron, was killed by a horse at Gisborne on Saturday afternoon. The boy, who is a son of a horse owner named Huntly Barrou, was riding the entire Hukatere, another lad being on a colt walking alongside. The colt commenced to buck, and this caused Hukatere to plunge about. Barron was thrown off, and the entire danced on him. Before medical aid arrived life was extinct.

James Naysmith, a well-known resident, met his death by drowning at Reefton, under tho following circumstances : — He had been suffering from influenza for some days, and was under medical treatment. At 3.30 a.m. on the 16th, the night watchman of the hotel where he resided heard him leave the building, and as he did not return, raised an alarm. The river was dragged and the body found. Deceased complained lately of pains in his head and insomnia. It is supposed he had a relapse in the morning, and becoming delirious wandered out, and coming to the river bank — which is close to the hotel — fell in.

Two boys were wrestling in Kensington on Friday night, and one of them, named William M'Pherson, was thrown heavily on the pavement, the result of which was that his collarbone was broken. He was -attended by Dr Ferguson.

A little girl between two and three years of age, named Matilda Olsen, the daughter of Henry Olsen, a wharf labourer at Port Chalmers, fell from the balcony in front of the old Royal Hotel in George street on Saturday forenoon on to the asphalt pavement below, and sustained severe injuries on the head. The child was unconscious when picked up. Dr Drysdale was called in, and the child lingered till late on Sunday evening.

The inspector of police has received information from Mossburn that the body of a swagger, whose name is unknown, was found on the banks of the river Oreti at noon on Sunday. He is supposed to have been drowned six weeks ago in attempting to cross the river.