CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2407, 19 April 1900, Page 19

CASUALTIES.

John Baker, a guard in the employ of the Christchurch Tramway Company, who had a foot crushed by a motor about a fortnight ago, had his leg amputated at the hospital on Sunday and died on Thursday. The body of Mrs John M'Kay, of Ardoch, "Wyndham, was found in the river a quarter of a mile from her home on Thursday. She had been in failing health for suine time, and wandered away the previous day.

The Southern Standard states that an vwfortunate accident occurred at Chatton on Wednesday, the 11th, which resulted in the death of a young man named Charles Rennie. Rennie, who was employed by Mr W. Calder, was in the act of harnessing and yoking tip two horses in a waggon. One of them — a young horse — was very restive, and in plunging forward knocked him down, and before he could recover himself the waggon was drawn over his body. Medical aid was procured, but Rennie passed away on Thursday.

John M'Donald was killed in the Crown mine, Karangahake, Auckland, on Friday.

A boy named Frank Sheeran, son of Michael Sheeran, bootmaker, Auckland, was found drowned on Sunday in Mechanic's Bay. He was fully dressed, and had bathing trunks in his pocket. He had apparently been walking on some logs at the timber booms, slipped off, and got his feet jammed under a log. A painfully sudden death happened at Stratford on .Friday. Mr Harrison Gibson, the inventor of Gibson's patent brand, died in hit, bed. An inquest was held next morning, when a verdict of heart disease was returned. His daughter was only married on the day previous, and the deceased gentleman, had attended and given her away. Quite a chapter of gun accidents occurred in Canterbury. Two young men — Herbert Wendelborn and Alfred Lanyon — were rabbit shooting near Lyttelton. The latter was loading his gun, when the cartridge exploded, the chargb striking the former, who was eight yards away, and shattering hi? left leg, causing a great loss of blood. Wendelborn was removed to the hospital, where he died on Friday night. Edward Ball was out shooting at Yaldhursi, when his gun accidentally went off, the charge passing; through his left arm, which was amputated at the hospital.

Another man, named Henry Tas'ker, was shooting on the Waimakariri River bed, when he was accidentally shot in the right leg, and removed to the hospital. At the inquest on Baker, a tram guard, the •vidence showed that his foot was badly crushed by a car going over it. There were signs of lockjaw, and the leg was amputated, but too late to arrest the malady. A verdict was returned of " Accidental death, no blame attaching to anyone." Herbert Jenkins, a railway guard, aged 39, committed suicide at his residence, Lumsden, on Friday evening by taking rough on rats. The deceased was suspended on the 6th inst. for a breach of rules, and since then had been very despondent. He leaves a wife and two children.

Mary Freeman Hamilton, wife of E. Hamilton, King street, Dunedin, died suddenly at Lovell's Flat on Saturday. Death is sxipposed to be due to natural causes.