CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2396, 1 February 1900, Page 17

CASUALTIES.

Y\ illiam M'Ewen Harvey, 23 years of age, a chemist, dropped de.id in Auckland. He had been suffering from influenza, and had just come back from a fortnight's holiday. He said just previously to dropping down that he never felt better in his life. At the inquest the evidence showed that death was due to failuie of the heart's action.

The body of a young man was found floating in the Auckland harbout on '\e 24th/ It if believed to be that of Joseph JM'Carthy, ;• Newmarket bootmaker, who hns been nns-s-hig since Saturday night. He had .been mentally depressed thr-ugh being two months ou • of work and from domestic trouble. Age, complexion, height, -.and general appearance corre*pond with the description of McCarthy.

James Dickey, son of an Auckland horseowner, was exercising the Jiorse Swiftfoot on the Paeroa racecourse, when the animal, after plunging about, fell'b'ack 011 his rider. Dickey bad his head ■ split open and died on Thursday morning. He was 16 years old.

News is to hand that a mean named Stewart Hamilton was killed at the Wai-

karemoana co-operative works, Hawke's Bay. by a fall of rock. A fellow-workman saw the rock slipping and jumped aside, calling to Hamilton at the same time, but the latter was somewhat deaf, and idi not at once hear. When he did he only went down the cutting, and a piece of the rock struck him on the head, killing him instantly. His body, when found, was almost covered with rocks. He was 60 years of age, and leaves a wife and three children at the works.

While in the act of shunting on the 24th at Reefton railway station, Mr Herdman slipped- and was run over by a truck, sustaining serious injuries. He is a young man, and is married. His condition is critical.

The Pelorous Guardian reports that a sad accident occurred at Wakamarina on the Bth ult., which caused the death of an old settler, Mrs Smith, aged 65 years. It appears that the unfortunate woman struck a match, which fell from her fingers and ignited her clothes. The flames were extinguished with the aid of a blanket. She seemed to be progressing favourably at first, but afterwards gradually sank and expired on the 10th ult.

William Shelford, 28 years of age, died at Raihu fron injuries sustained while felling bush.

An old-age pensioner named Frank Taylov, 82 years of age, was found dead in his hut at Waitahuna on Friday. The supposed cause of death is influenza.

A young man named John M'Lean, employed at the Milburn lime quarries, was brought down to the Dunedin Hospital on Thursday, suffering from severe injuries

caused by a bad fall. It appears that hjT was standing near the brink of th«" quarry, Avheu the edge broke away, and he fell *oi..e 60ft or 70ft to tho botto/ii. Several ribs wero broken, and he wa«r badly cruised in several places. His condition is still very serious.

Two men, Samuel Martin and Sainu*! Barber, iiad a narrow escape from te:ng" scalded to death d the Auckland water* works on the 2^th. Thej were engaged repairing the boile*, and the cock brine left open thr u.h an ovprsnLt a s^e?in of hot water *nu steam rush-d hito tfts> boiler. The men were rescued .uicklw, but not before Martin had beui badly scalded about tha legs and arms. 'He was taken to the hospital ncsrt day, w'lere he sied 00 Friday.

A. S. A. T\ hitney met %t ith a very p? infill accident while »». f ting pigeon traps at the Gan Club's groui ds, Rpsor.*. on Saturday. He unwittingly se* a *e*- ; ng free, wrh the reaiilfc that he was sA^tck in ;ho face anc 1 had his jaw broken.

A small boy named Edward Scott, who was riding on the front of his father's express on the Main North-Last Valley rqad, met, .with an unusual accident on Saturday afternoon. The ho'*ts began to play up, and. kicking out, struck vhe hoy on- the (.high and cut <* to the bone. TII3 : little sufferer was lalrm to the hospital for treatment,' and as f lie bo > 3 wav l.ot bi oleet he- ought to recover qu'.ckly. Dugald Haaiiinjr, a^ed?o, ma'/, r of llw cutter Ariel, was washed overb »•. d and - drowned on tho i%^ across f-va: Stewart Island to the BlvO on Sumo ay. Ha wa* steering, when a lieu y sea, b c*.- c.bewi The deceased was a sou of '"ivta n JI-. 1.ing, drowned in the k-tch Cdtlin .1 it .»• years ago.