LUGGATE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 31

LUGGATE.

April 9. — The weather during the past few clays has been all that could be desired, but heavy ram fell last week, and great damage ■was done by the force of water we experienced. The roads between Quartz Reef Point and Ciomvell, and especially near the bridge, were greatly damaged, and also between Cromwell and Clyde, where the loads j ■were impassable for a few dajs. Thi3 is the second time within a month that these roads I have been injuriously affected, and it will take some money to repair them properly. Casualties, etc. — A nasty accident happeijpd to Mr John Henderson, who had the th.eshiug mill go over his '?g, fracturing it s-o badly that there is pome fear of it having to be amputated. What makes this accident irore painful is the fact tlu»t Mi Henderson lost his other leg some years ago through meeting with an accident connected v. ith a threshing mill. The old gentleman is so widely Known and so much respected that the news came with a great shock to everyone. Mr Henderson is a fanner and dealer m horses and cattle, and owns the mil! that caused the accident. — Mr Kane's second son hurt himself across the chest last week, and had to go to the hospital for aid, but I hear he is getting all right again. — A man named Sharp, who was working with a threshing mill, has likewise had to <;o io the hospital, suffering from his back, sup posed to be the result of a straui. — To finish ■ up this chapter of accidonts, Mr John Frewcn, j whose parents live at Hawea, got some of his : fingers crushed while woiking on a dredge near Cromwell. Off To The Fiont.— Severa.l of our boys have been accepted for the Tenth Contingent. J. J. Cooper, who served in the Third, and T. F.. Cooper, his brother, also Edwaid Goodall, his step-brother, have been chosen. These are all "ons of Mrs Thomas Meadows and ilr Wm. Jtleadows ; a stop-bon of Mrs Meadows has gone along with them. The fiist threc-mer.-tioned are natives of this part of the colony. They are all big, strong fellows. There have also gone Mr J. Anderson, son of Mr T. Anderson, miller, Ltiggpic; Mr W. Smith, son of our ■worthy Luggate punin'an , and Mr G. Philips. Thc°i young men are also strong young fellows. They vill all be greatly mi'sed ; May the "Aar soon be ended, or we shall not have a boy left! j