CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2203, 21 May 1896, Page 17

CASUALTIES.

A shocking accident occ irred at Hastings on | Thursday. About 0 p.m, Peter Jarvis, aged 16 year--, who for some time past had carried mails for Mr J. N. Williams, of Frimley, was riding back to thai plac9 after procuring letters from the evening mail, when he came into collision with * cart belonging to Mr Roacho and driven by a boy named Giblea. Jarvis was thrown to the ground, and the cart passed over him, but, though terribly injured, he was able to call out and implore the other boy to come to his assistance ; but the latter, who received a great fright, drove on with all haste. Then Jarvis was able to crawl to his own home, which was not very far disbaut. On medical aid arriving the doctor found that Jarvia was completely disembowelled and injured beyond all hope of recovery. A telegram has been received from Waihi stating that the body of a man was found in a tunnel which ia not used in the Martha mine. The body has nbt^been identified yet. A man named Neill has bsen missing for three weeks. William Curtis, aged 19 months, the son of ; F. J. L. Curtis, a settler in Naicai Vallay, i Lower Hutt, was found drowned on the 12ch in a tub of water on his patents' property. j Tasker, chief mafe of the barquentiae Rio, from Napier, was knocked oveibjard during the voynge while slatkening the m'zzen sheet, ; and was drowned. j A sev^n-year-old boy named Stephen Kilsby i ' died at Wellington on the 13th while undergoing an operation nnder chloroform. Two medical I men and a nune from the hospital were in attendance. - , I .Mr John Hughes, proprietor of the Empire Hotel and jvn old resident of Wallingtq, died on 13'h after a «horfc illue«s. He had been confined to his bed for some time previous to Bth but on that day he was tuffiuieufcly recovered to come out. On Saturday he tuff ared a relapse and died on the 13th. Deceased was a highlyrespected citizen, and at different times occupied positions in various local bodies, having been major three times and was county chairman at tha time of bis death. He occupied a seat en the County Council, and Harbour Board, having been appoiuted to the latter body on the d^atih of the lato Mr Nahr. Deceased was well known throughout New Zealand. Albert Bowles, an employee of Bdtssra J. Murdoch and Co., D .media, sustained somewhst revere injuries to three fingers of his left hand and to one of bis right !hrough their being caught in a planing macb-'ne on tbe 13th. He was taken to the hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate one of tbe fingers. He subsequently returned to his home-in Kentiugton. At" the inquest on the boy Kilaby, who d>ed under chloroForm afc Wellington one day lasb week, the evidence showed that all precautions had beon taken. The death was a pure misadventure, and a verdict was retained accordingly. T?r Cbapple was asked if he could explain why there had been so- many deatb.3 of lute in the colony while patients were under the influence of chloroform.* He replied that he could not give au explanation, except that clima ie conditions might have had something to do with the matter. He had performed 134oper*fi 'ns under chloroform, and the present wits the first death. A most lamentable aocideDt occurred on the 13*.h to Lucy Williams, wife of a labouring man at Duck Creek, on the Bluff road. Sha was cooking afc an open fire, asd when reaching up to hang a pan h?r skirt took fire She was immediately iv ablaze. The children ran oufcsarearaiog, aud atUaoted the attention of the father, who was working some distance away. When he reached the house he found his wife on her hands and knees, with- the clothing burnt off, and frightfully injured. She died on Thursday forenoon. The poor creature was only 36, and leaves a family of 10 children. On the evening of the 13th Alexander Munro, an early settler, dropped d* ad in the street in Invercargill on his way home. He appeared to be in robust health. Apoplexy was the cau«e of death. Mr Patrick Fhelan died suddenly at Macraes on Thursday, the supposed causs of de%th being heart disease. A, remarkable suicide Is reported from Raglan. A young man of 25 jeai's of age, who | bad the misfortune to ba a remittance man, became melancholic because a remittance he looked for did not arrive. He stood on a barrel, fixed a rope round his neck and round a rafter in a lonely building, aud then severed his windpipe with a rtzjr. The barrel fell over, and when found he had been dead some time. News was rew-ived afc Wellington on Saturday thafc Mr G Kevworfch, chief officer of the Waiuui, fell off th* Greymoufch wharf on Friday night, as the steamer was leaving for We>tport, and was drowned. He had been on the Wa : nui for five years. He leaves a wife and four children afc Wellington. At 3 p.m. on Friday * man named James M'Leod, who resided afe Candlefcown, Dear Milton, dropped down de»d in -a paddock where he was working for Mr Joha Farqaharson, farmer, of North Brauch. The deceased was about 50 yeu-s of ago. An iuqniry held at Auckland on Monday last info the death of a man named Frank O'Neil, who wa3 found in the Martha mine, resulted in a verdict of "Accidental death." The verdicfc was contrary to the summiug up of (he coroner, and era* against his ruling. Tbe coroner considered the evidence wa3 of a very buspicious character, and precluded all possibility of an accidental death. Misß Nora Sylvia Wafckin, aged 21, the youngest daughter of tbe Eev. W. J. Watkin, Wealeyan minister afc Oaehunga, disappeared mysteriously on Friday night, aod cannot be traced. The girl waa of a cheerful disposition, and there was nothing unusual in her manner when she was last seen. About 5.30 p.m. on Sunday a sad accident occurred to the three-year-old daughter of Mr James Mathieson, farmer, Highcliff. It appears tbe child w»s playing in the faruijard as one of the farm servants was turning a draught mare into a paddock, when, unknown to the man, the little girl suddenly ran into the g<\p and was knocked down by the fore feefc of the mare, the heavy cog of the shoe striking the poor little thing behind the ear and then becoming entangled in some way in part of the child's dress, with the result that she was knocked about considerably, and dangerous injuries to the skull and face ware caus- d. Dr Coughfcrey was summoned, and was quickly in attendance. On inquiring on Monday evening we learn there is some hope of pulling the child through, and that though still unconscious the little sufferer bas rallied considerably. The Wyndham Farmer reports thafc Mr Harry Mem, of Woodslee Downs estate, met with a paiuful accident on Saturday. He was stepping forward to separate some dogs, with which and the assisttnee of a . man named Cameron he was driving sheep through a paddock, when the horse that the latter was leading kicked out at him and broke his jaw in two placet. A three year-old child named James Green, while nlurjas ftt the owner of Hove tad

Cattle streets on Saturday afternoon, was rua over by a grocer's cart, driven by a young man, an employee of Mr D. Comrie. The child was picked up and taken to the hospital, but medical aid was unavailing, the injuries sustained being 'such that death resulted shortly afterwards. The inquest, held on Monday, resulted in a verdict of "Accidental death," and no blame was found to atfc*ch to the driver of the vehiole which caused the fatal injuries.