CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2388, 7 December 1899, Page 19

CASUALTIES.

J. White, a railway employee, died sud- . denly at Waimauku, on the Kaipara railway. He leaves a widow. He had ' been ! connected with the Kaipara railway from . its inception, and was ganger when the ' line was taken over by the Railway department. He had been 30 years in the colony. •-Jjj-The Tuapeka Times records the death, under extremely painful ch'cumstances, of j Mr William Waugh, one of the oldest and best known settlers of Miller's Flat. It . appears that in attending to -a horse that , was in distress on Friday night he strained . himself 'severely, and, it is understood, rupi tured his heart. On returning home he was seised with sickness and vomiting, ■ and suffered from severe pains about the region of the heart. Eventually convulsions j set in, and, after much suffering, he .died jon Monday morning. Mr Waugh came to this colony from Victoria in the very early ' days, and for some years followed the oc1 cupation of a waggoner on the goldfields, ' subsequently taking up a small section at ; i Moa Elat about 30 years ago. He afterj -wards took up -a holding at Millez''s Flat 1 under the agricultural lease system — being, ] indeed, the first settler in the Miller's Flat j district who took up land under that , system, — and he followed farming pursuits j continuously down to the period of his death. Mr Waugh took a leading part in all matters likely to advance the interests of his district, and was a prominent and familiar figure at all public meetings, local }or political, at Miller's Flat. He was also' ' a member of the local school committee for j some years. He leaves a widow, but no ' family. Mr James Luivlay, of Horseshoe Bend, while engaged repairing a post-and-rail fence, was struck in the eye by a splinter. This misfortune sustained by Mr Lunday is all the more sad as about two_ years ago he lost the sight of the other eye' in getting manuka scrub ; so should this one be permanently injured it will result in total i blindness. On Dr Newell's advice he has' gone oh to Dunedin to get the best skill s ' obtainable. I Charles Luscotnbe nvas killed in the WaiL j tekauri Company's mine at Golden Cross 'by the breaking of a rope in the shaft. At ! i the inquest a verdict of " Accidentally ;>; > killed by the breaking of a faulty rope " '. • was returned. , -, ] Mr James M'Entier, of the Thames, • ! had three of his ribs broken, and sustained ; . facial injuries through a buggy accident. » j -KAs the Lily was leaving the Nelson har- : bour for Motueka on Thursday a passenger 1 i named William Jones, a very old settler j' of Motueka, whilst conversing on deck, 1 j dropped dead. It appears he suffered from [ ; heart disease. v T. Lyons was found dead in bed at ! Christchurch on Thursday morning from j heart disease. 5 A shearer named Joseph. Lamb, aged 60, - died suddenly at Glentui. 1 An old man named James Sim, 82 years ' of age, has been missing from his home at ) i Orepuki since Tuesday, 28th ult. The r bush has been searched unsuccessfully, j | The North Island East Coast mail coach, • driven \>% Sam. Foreman, collided with, a

.■wool waggon on the .road .-near . Blairlogi^.,. .The whole "concern was .precipitated into,al. ... .The ,coach. Was .smashed to, atoms- and one of the horses killed. Foreman miraculously escaped with a broken wrist. There were no passengers aboard. A boy named Tulohf was drowned in the Puhoi River.. His body b.as not been recovered. ' - ■ A little girl named- . Daisy Morgan, daughter of John Morgan, of the Govern- ■ ■' ment Railway department, was drowned at Plimmerton, Wellington, on Friday. The search for James Sims, an old Otago resident, lost at Orepuki, had up-to'Friday nigKt'-been- fruitless. Sims,*, wjbio ~was.rß4 ;• years of age, 5 and subjebff to fainting fits, went- for a stroll iv a locality where ;watet t . races and old shafts "are numerous, but' these have been searched." A painful accident which had a fatal termination occurred in Gore on Monday, 27th., The seven-year-old daughter of Mr and JMrs Geo. Kirk was playing with a younger member of the family in front of the fire when, her night dress caught fire, and she, was badly ; burned about the . body, -before assistance' arrived. ■ Dr- Geo." Copland was immediately . summoned, but the case : was found' to $c ''beyond" 1 medical * aid, ' ,aiuCtKe ' .little sufferer passed away^ oh: Wednesday •" afternoon. — Ensigni..' " ' • ' j - , " Eliza M'Lellan, an old woman, one of tho unfortunate class, was found -unconscious on' •the Kilbirnie ,ro^d, 'Wellington,'' arid died ' - shortly -afterwards. * Death 'is believed to be due to neglect, , accelerated by drink. The child Morgan, drowned at Plimmerton, was two years old. She was seen playing on the beach, and some time afterwards her dead body was washed up. - 16 is supposed that she was carried off her j feet by' an unusually, large wave".**"' ' .• * - Mrs Elizabeth Wells, wife of Samuel Wells, Maclaggan street, Mornington, died suddenly on Sunday morning. The deceased, who was an old-age pensioner and , an out-door hospital patient, had complained for some time of pains in the chest. About 3 o'clock on Sunday morning she complained to her husband of these pains, and he called, in a neighbour, who went for a doctor. • Death ensued before a medical man could- - reach the house. Dr Brown, of the hospital, thinks that- death was duetto heart disease. An elderly man named John Powell, residing in Symonds street, Auckland,* cut his throat with a razor while his wife , and family were away: He suffered terribly from loss of blood, and then walked out into the street. Dr Hood, who was driving past, attended to his injuries, and drove him to the hospital. It is believed that the man, >, will survive.- He is stated to have been out of work and mentally depressed. A' young volunteer named Herbert E. Buckley, belonging ,to the Victoria' No." 1' Rifles, Auckland, was accidentally Shot on Saturday at the Mount Eden rifle range by a comrade,- who forgot he had" left a cart-;" ridge in his rifle. The - bullet entered Buckley's right ,thign, passed through- his left hand,' and entered his 'abdomen.'.' Buckley was. removed to the hospital, where he> remains in the same condition as when admittedr- -.«-«--.• James Alexander, while giving a wire- - walking exhibition at' Devonport (Auck» land) on Saturday night, met with an accident, falling about 20ft. His left elbow was broken. - I The body of James Philip Hill, who was drowned the other day, was found in the Waikaia River on Sunday. I A Dubbo telegram to a Sydney paper says : " Dante, the - illusionist, was out shooting with Mr G. Taylor, his pianist;. They were walking back to the buggy to ! return to Dubbo, when someone fired a shot, which accidentally hit Dante -in th« groin. He was dangerously wounded." Dante succumbed to his injuries a coupll of days after the accident. The body of a man named P. Culkeen,"a settler at Bunnythorpe, N. I:, who was reported to the police as missing on Saturday, was found atMangaone Stream on Saturday night with a bag of sand tied to his neck. No reason is assigned for the act. The deceased, who was a widower, leaves a family of four children. | It is stated that a well-known Boss resident | wanted badly to contest the Westland seatj ' j against the Hon. R. J. Seddon, but failed; to get any nominators. ' -. - At a large meeting of Waikato and Ngatimaniapoto Maori-chiefs held,qtrTe Kuiti' lately it wa« resolved that- the tax for the' subsidy or salary for King Mahuta for the ! ensuing term of years be_ one shilling per annum, payable by all Native adults in tha Maou kingdomj and also that a fund to provide fo* "urgent public necessities" be established, the annual contribution to be one payable by all over 12 years old.