CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2274, 30 September 1897, Page 23

CASUALTIES.

About twenty v minutes to 5 on Saturday evening Norciene Perry, about 13 years of age, daughter of Francis Perry, residing ia Gcey street, Port Chalmers, went on to the roof of the house for the purpose of getting eoaoe flowers, when «he accidentally fell through the sk.vl'ght on to the floor, a dietmce of about 15ft. Dr Cunninghame was ptomptly in attendance, and on examination found that no bones were broken, but that the young girl had received a severe cut on the thigh and wan considerably shaken.

Our.correspondent at Cromwell writes tbat an old resident, named A. Y. Johnstone, was found dead in his house by a boy who 1 was taking him his breakfast.

A body of a man, supposed to be that of Dry£d*le, whe'was drowned in the Molyneux some time ago, wa3 found in ths river beloir the Beaumont bridge on^ Saturday.

An inquest waa held at the Palmerston Hotel on the 22nd before Mojor Kcddell, coroner, and a jury (Mr W. M*Kay, foreman), regarding tho death of the infant son, 11 weeks old, of Mr Fred. G. Glover, Dnnback. After the evidence was taken, the jury returned a verdict that death reiulted from misadventure — to wit, asphyxia, probably caused through the mother overlying it in bed. Ecneit Jolly, a member of the Uppsr Clatho, team, had his collarbone di«loc*ted on Saturday while playing in a football match betfw'een the Upper Clutha and Bannockburn Clubs. The occurrence was ,pur«ly accidental.

The body of Captain Anderson, who was drowned a fortnight ago, was found a mile below Pipitiki, 60 miles up tbe Wauganui River, on Sunday. When the deceased met with the accident that resulted iv his death the parky with which be was working were putting a charge of dynamite under some rocks in the Mangaiao Repid. The canoe was backed out pf the way and struck some rocks, when she partially filled with water. Auderaon got into the canoe to empty it. The c*noe drifted under the lee of the punt and capsized. When his mates turned round, Anderson, who could not swim a stroke, was about 30 yards off and conld not be rescued in time.

A narrow escape from » serious tragedy wag experienced by the crew of the Italian barque Gio Batta Beverino in Lyttelton on Wednesday night, 22ad. Oa turning in for the night (the Press says) the craw left a stove burning in the forecastle. Daring the night the watchman on duty went in to call one of the men, when he noticed something amiss. He summoned the captain, who saw at once the men were partly asphyxiated by the fumes from the stove. Tha men were dragged out on to the deck, where the fresh air revived them. Wh*n discovered by the captain some of the men were black in tho face.

— It is estimated that during the present century no fewer than 30,000,000 civilised men bare perished in wa&