CLYDE

Otago Witness, Issue 2503, 12 March 1902, Page 31

CLYDE

i March 8. — Oa Tuesday last a very painful accident befel Mrs ATfiiroy, wife of Mr John M'i£lroy, of Earnscleugh Flat. Mrs M"Klroy,-iD conipauy with another lady, was on board th Perseverance dredge No. 1, and while standing v near the machinery Mrs M'Klroy'^ dress wa£ •caught up- by the shafting, wnii the. result that she sustained -very serious injuries to one of her legs. X)r Hyde was summoned to the scene of the occurrence, and had tris suffexei reiniJved to fnVDundtinf Hospital, where shi is now progressing as favonraoly as could be expected under the circumstances. - Obituary.— On the 21sfc of last month a young man, Christopher Keliher, a, native of th« district, and b Xnd of exceptional promise^ succumbed' to a lingering illness, from' which* there was never a hope of his ultimate recovery. The- young man was the- yolmgest son of the late Michael Keliher, farmer, Waikerikeri Valley, where the brothers and sisters of the recently-deceased still reside, and to those '" Your Own " tenders his sympathy in their bereavement. — Yet another young man, well known in this district, has passed away in the person of Michael Foohey, who was found dead in his bed at his store, Idaburn, on Saturday, Ist inst. The remains were interred in the Clyde Cemetery on Tuesday last, whither they were conveyed by the- relatives of the deceased. The funeral was attended by a large concourse of people to whom the deceased was long and favourably known. The Rev. Father Hunt officiated at the grave. Slaughtering Houses Act. — A section of this d-H; insists upon the branding of meat sold or exposed for sale. The Clyde butchers display their respective numbers boldlj on the enrcases. The local slaughter yards have been immensely improved of late, cleanliness being a manifest characteristic all round; the othe» appointments -being equally a3 well attended to, though probably leas important from a. public point of view. Disaster to a Brewery. — The Cromwell Brcvery suffered almost total abolition on Wednesday night la3t. The building was situated on the sids of a small water-course, formed by a depression ;n the western end of the Dunstan Mountains. On the night of Wednesday th? mountain was visited by a dense cloud, from the midst of which lightning flashed out with astonishing rapidity and splendid brilliancy, lighting the whole country for miles arounc?. The o-lectric currents soon broke up the clouc!, and the freed waters rushed down the monctaiir-water-courses in maddened confusion. The* water-course at the brewery contained an irresistible torrent, for a short time, and during that time executed considerable damage to Mr. Miioughlin's brewery. Hcport says that th,o damage is somewhat extensive, but so far J. have not heard anything reliable. The rone? was much damaged where the torrent crossed ' it, and traffic was stopped during the greater part of Thursday.