CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2010, 1 September 1892, Page 22

CASUALTIES.

Frederick Wilson, who was killed oh the railway, at Wellington on the 24th wrote a letter to the coroner, stating that owing to infirmity of body and defective eyesight he was unable to earn "a livelihood, and rather than become a burden on the community he intended to destroy himself. He mentioned that his body would be found on the railway line. At the inqueßt a verdict of temporary insanity was returned. ' Wilson is believed to have been an assumed- name as the deceased often declared that his father wa»a canon of St. Paul's, London. . In the course of the final match in the Charity Football Tournament .on Saturday afternoon, one of the Alhambra players, Oscar Brig^s, had the misfortune to have his right wrist broken. Dr John Macdonald, being on the ground, attended to the injury. Briggs had only obtained work on the previous day after being out of employment for some considerable time. Henry Williams, a lad 16 years of age, employed by" Mr Hay, a brassfounder at Wellington, was playing during the dinner hour on Tuesday, when he ran hia head against a telegraph pole in front of his employer's shop. He broke his neck, and died instantly. Dr Robertson, a well-known medico, called

atthe Wellington] olicestationonTuesdaynight and demanded police protection, asserting that some people had tried to stab him, and that he only escaped by taking to his heels. He appeared to be suffering from the effects of driuk,- and was detained at the station, a constable being placed in charge of him. At about 5 o'clock this morning he asked the constable to allow him to go to the rear, and while the constable's "attention was not directed to him be drew a lance from his pocket and inflicted a severe wound in his throat. Medical assistance was at once obtained, and the wound stitched up, after which he was removed to the hospital. The wound is not believed to be dangerous, unless inflammation sets in. Mary Holland, 10 months old, died suddenly at her parents' residence at Waitati Flat on Monday night. The child had been teething. George Ingram, a man who was employed by 0. F. Dunnett, a storekeeper at Kelso, died at that place on Tuesday morning at half-past 10. It is supp< Bed tl at it is a case if suicide, as a bottle of Matthews.' weed extermiuator waa found in the deceased's hut. Deceased had been arrested about a month ago for larceny, and was discharged. The body, of'ainan found near Berwick on Saturday pioves to be that of John Jenkins, a widower. He had no family and no friends in NLw Zealand. He waa a native of Wales, bad

been about 30 years in the colony) was a miner by occupation, and w; s about 65 years old. Deceased was seen and spoken. to by Mr James Preutice, Hliceufarmer, at 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon, and when they separated Jenkins went o:i his way. On Saturday, about 11 a.m , Mr Preutice fouud the man's ,dead body about 200 yds from the spob where they had stood conversing on tho previous evening. Death is supposed to have resulted from -heart disease. Au inquest on the body was held at Berwick on Monday by Mr W. Sno v, J.P. Our Gjre correspondent telegraphs:— "A serous aciide »t occmred here this (Tuesday) afteinojn, about 2.15, on Mr Smith's . farm close to Chariton siding, and is supposed to have been caused by the Invercargill express startling the horses of James Smith, jun., a lad of about 19 years, who was ploughing with, ;a double- funow plough. The sound of tbe tram caused one of the horses to bolt, aud the lad iv trying to stop it got caught ip the reins, or'fell, and was dragged underneath 'tU'e-ploughshares, which cut him feai fully,— cutting deeply into his thigh and also it fhoting a serious wound on the skull. His life is now despaired of."