CASUALTI S.

Otago Witness, Issue 1851, 17 August 1893, Page 13

CASUALTI S.

News was received in Napier on the 9th of a sad accident which happened at Awatere that day. It appears that a young man named Dennis O'Leary, who had been working in the vicinity, was attempting to cross the Awatere river about 2 o'clock on horseback. All went well until the middle of the river was reached, when the horse was seen to rear up and fall back into the stream. Both man and horse were drowned. The unfortunate young man's age was 21. His body has not yet been recovered. At the inquest on Ellen Sheeby, who died suddenly on the 9th, at Fendalton, a verdict of " Not sufficient cause to show how she came by her death" was returned. Dr Symes, who made the post mortem, said he believed death to have been caused by an over-dose of a sleeping draught or a poisonous drug. He did not know what were the contents of the bottle marked " Poison" found in the girl's room. On Thursday a young man, aged 23, named Menlaharaty, was goming from Makuri _to Pahiatua for medical treatment, accompanied by his father. When crossing Tirainiea river in a cage he expired. He had previously resided in Dunedin. A man named Richard Donaldson, of Rattray street, while working at the export wharf at Port Chalmers on Thursday afternoon received an accidental injury to the right leg near the ankle. It is believed that the lpg is fractured. Donaldson was brought to town by the 4- o'clock train on Thursday. Three brothers named Jenkins have been killed while riding horses in races in Victoria in a little over 12 months. Two met their death by the horses they were riding colliding ; "the third was killed at Sandon Park races by the fall of the horse Kalydor while leading in a steeplechase. At the Casterton races in May the latter rode the winners of the first four events on the first day and two on the second ; Kalydor being his mount in two of these. It has been reported by Mr Robinson, of the Survey Office, who is at Upper Waitotara, that two men on the Government co-operative works were drowned on August 3. Tteir names were John Drinkwater); and, George Hawkins. They went up the river in a canoe with the intention of going over the rapids, but neither has been seen since. ' The river was in heavy flood at the time. The broken canoe has been found. \ . The body of the young man Dinnis O'Leary, who was drowned in the Awatere river on the 9th, was recovered on Friday, and an inquest held on Friday, when a verdict was returned that deceased was accidentally drowned. The jury added a rider—" That this jury do pass a most emphatic vote of censure on the Government in not having long ago had the Awatere river bridged, and that the coroner should point out that this is the only river of large size between here and Canterbury unbridged, and the jury consider that' the Government is morally responsible for every life lost in the river from drowning." A Reetton Press Association message appearing the Wellington papers, but not forwarded to Dunedin, states that Mrs Mitchell, wife of Mr J. Mitchell, mail contractor, died from the effects of the injuries she received in the recent coach accident at Lyell. A German named Mossner was brought into Wellington from Levin on Saturday by a constable on a charge of stabbing an Italh n named Galtano Mari. The two men were mates a. id slept at the Temperance Hotel the previous night. Two other men had c eea in the room. Mari was stabbed three times in the back with a pocket knife while in bed, but none of the wounds, are supposed to be serious. There had been a quarrel, and Moasner has been declared a dangerous lunatic, and remanded to the asylum. On Saturday afternoon a collision took place at Wellington between a cart driven by a Chinese gardener named Lee Long and an expressman named Hindle. The latter was arrested on a charga of drunkenness, and subsequently a friend of his created a row with Lee Long. The Chin.aman was badly worsted, and in defence drew a pocketknife and stabbed his assailant— John Matthews— in the neck, ibfljeting a wound half an inch deep, but not of a dangerous character. Lee Long also was arrested. He is in a very weak sta,te. A married man named Vincent, who resided in Walker Btreet, wasrecoived into the hospital on Saturday suffering from a broken leg. He was getting off his cart at MornJDgton.when his foot slipped and the wheel passed over his leg. On Saturday afternoon Mr J P. Pearce, manager of the Colonial Mutual Insurance Company, was driving together with his wife and a lady friend along the Main road, Parkside, when the 6 20 p.m. train from Dunedin, passing over the railway bridge, caused the horseß to bolt. The occupants of the vehicle were thrown out, but sustained no injury. The animals continued their career towards Caver-, gham, knocking over on their way two verandah posts, and were brought to a standstill in George street. They received no injuries beyond a few scratches, but the buggy was somewhat damaged. The three-year-old child of Mr John Cajdwell, Wjndham, died o,a Tuesday morning from the effects of burns received through, its clothes patching fire. A Clyde correspondent writes ; — "As Mr H.enry Watson, of Spring.va.le, was on his way to Tinkers with a load of potatoes on the 11th inst. the wheels of the dray he wag drivingpassed over both feet. He was. found some time afterwards by Mr Chappie, who at once took him to his. house and attended to him. Strarg j to say, although the h6el of the right boot was cut off by the wheels not a scratch or bruise was to be seen. When picked up Mr Watson was in a bad state owing to the cold, both hi 1 * feet and legs being much swollen.— While Mr Raika, schoolmaster, was crossing the Manuherikia river at Leask's the wheels of his boggy became locked, and he was thrown out into the river. He was carried down nearjy 100 yds before he was washed on to a beach. There was not much danger as the river was not high at the time."