CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2467, 26 June 1901, Page 20

CASUALTIES.

Mr John Earp, formerly an ironmonger in partnership with Messrs Okeys and Arnold, New Plymouth, was found dead on the 18th.

The man Andrew Anderson, who was admitted to the Hospital about a fortnight ago, owing to injuries sustained by falling through a bridge on the railway line near Purakaniu, i died in the institution on the 16th. He leaves a widow and family. A child, eight -"ears of age, named Morrison, died suddenly at Stirling early on tho 18th inst. There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death. The Bruce Herald states that a lad named Cowan, 15 years of age, who resides at Waitahuna, met with a painful accident at Milton on the 17th inst. The lad, who attends the Milton High School, was playing about a brake van at the railway station, and during shunting operations was knocked down, the v. heel of the \an crushing the two first fingers of his right hand to a, pulp. A medical examination showed tnat it was necessary to amputate the hand ot the wrist, an operation which was successfully performed. A rabbit carter named Sydney Smith sustained a broken arm on Monday while driv- ! ing down Galbraith Hill, Forsyth. It apj peara (says the Tuapeka Times) that the horse became unmanageable, and eventually turned several somersaults, breaking Smith's arm, and reducing the trap to firewood. Another occupa>nt of the trap made his escape over the. back. The adjourned inquest touching the death. I of Mrs Mary O'Dowd, who died .somewhat | suddenly on May 17, was resumed on the 19th. Dr Wilkins. examined at length, said that on April 18 a woman, whom h» now believed to be Mrs O'Dowd. had come> to him. He gave her some medicine, but had never seen her since. He denied that he had performed any operation upon her. The husband, who is licensee of the Criterion Hotel, deposed that in his presence deceased had told Dr Lowe that she had been to Dr Wilkins two days before her death, and that he had performed an operation upon her. Mary Tattersall, a cook at | the Criterion, stated that when deceased came home on Wedne^d^y (two days beforeher death) she told witness that she had ' been to see Dr WilKu! ! Jens Larsen, a labourer, aged 52 years, died suddenly at Palmerston North. An inquest was held on Wednesday, when a verdict was returned that deceased died through sudden failure of the heart's action. Deceased leaves a wife and ten children. A hor^e attachrd to a baker's cart bolted along Princes slreet south on Wednesday, and. coining into violent contact wit It another horse standing outside the Globe Hotel, knocked it o\rr. The fall?n animal was so severely hurt that it died very shortly afterwards. The Taieri Advocate states that a mart named Thos. Spain, employed in Sneddon's coal mine at Saddle Hill, received seiious internal injuries on Saturday last, owing' i to the roof of the workings falling in and. i partially burying him. jur Allan, who at- | tended "the sufferer, ordered his removal to the Hospital. The inquest concerning the death of Mrs O'Dowd has been adjourned till July 1 in order to allow Mr Reed, counsel for Dr Wilkins, to proceed with the volunteers to Christchurch. Some of the jury are indignant at the delay. The son of William Selwcod, while crossing the Waikato River with two others, fell without any apparent cause, and disappeared before assistance could be given. The body has not yet been found. George Briderer Flint, an old military sf>tt'er, was found dead on the "Wairoa parade. He was on his wav home from the doctor. He suffered from heart disease. _^ An elderly man, James Townsend Edwards, employed at the Awatere Accommodation House, 16 mi'.Cri from Blenheim, was found dead in his bed on Tuursday irornin.fr. A serious accident happened on Thursday at the railway crossing at Wesiport. An expressman name.l W. Green was crossing the line with an express, and did not notice an engine approaching' through his view of the line being blocked by the railway workshops. A collision occurred, with the result that the express was smashed to pieces and the horse injured. Green was thrown out, and sustained very severe injuries, the precise nature of which are not yet ascertained. Green is an old West Coaster. Two old West Coasters cued on 1 .iai-:Uy -H. Curtis ageds 83 years, and W. Msn'er. in busine.-s here for many year? as a b )ot iiruortei. aged 61 years. Mrs Harm^. of Wellington. was precipitated into the well of a big crane in tha ciush on the wharf on Friday while wntching the embarkation of vo'unteers. The fall was only 3ft, but she had both arms broken and her face severely cut. James Black, a<?ed 26, of Owaka, died suddenly on Thursday afternoon while liding home on horseback.