CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2520, 2 July 1902, Page 52

CASUALTIES.

A man named Pitavy, a minsr from th« Upper Thames district, committed suicid* in Aucklaud this evening by jumping from a window on the first floor of the \ ictoria Hotel to the pavement, a distance of about 16ft. He is supposed to have had a delusion that he was not in good health, though a doctor pronounced him heallhy. Mr J. S. Allender, one of the proprietors of the Petone Soapworks, fell iuto a tank of boiling lees on Wednesday afternoon. He was so badly scalded that he died nexfc morning. The skeleton of a man was discovered by two boys on the tandhilfe at Burwood (Canterbury). The skeleton is fully clothed, with thp- exception of a coat, and was found ia a sitting position. The clothing corresponds with that worn by an old man named Ellis, who disappeared on January 25. A runaway accident occurred at the Kensington crossing about midday on Thursday, when a horse attached to a covered van bolted. The animal had been feeding from a noss-bag in Church street, and, something startling it, broke away. In its mad carc«r it dragged tho vehicle across in front of a horse attached to a car coming up from, Cargill road, and injured that horse about the knees, and narrowly ei-caped collisioa with the car. The runaway continued along the road and speedily came into contact with a telegraph post, breaking tlia cart up. The hor6o was finally stopped near the railway yard at the Carisbrook grounds, having severely injured its leg against a post. An elderly man named Alexander Fraeer, an old-age pensioner, was found dead ia bed at Waihi (Auckland), on Friday. James Hicks, a youna; man, employed by Mr Hili, Hawera, died somewhat suddenly. A week ago he had some teeth, drawn. Inflammation of the throat, caußad by a cold, followed. An abscess which bad formed bur3t during tho night, choking tho d< v cea=ed.

Catherine Daley, 31 years of age, was found dead at Wellington in the bouse of a man with whom she had been living. Deceased had been of intomperate habite. The cause of death was ob^ure, but ~a doctor who made a post mortem had no reason to doubt it was due to natural causes. The jury returned an open verdict. Accused had bc-cm twice married. Her first husband w«nt down in the H.M.S. Victoria. The second, an army officer, died in New Zealand two years ago.

Thp death of a fireman named James Driscoll at Port Chalmers has been reported to the police. It appears that about midday on Friday a man named James Allen went to a house lately occupied by him off "Mount street, when n<> found Driscoll's body hanging ovct a window sill. There wnra indications that the unfortunate man ' id raired the window (which was some distance from the ground) in the endeavour to c"i>iih« throucrh, and had been unable to extricate himself. The body has been removed to the Morgue, where it awaits an inquest.

On Friday a man named Finlnyson, whil-a boating coa l up the Buller River to the Bul'er Junction dredge, got (he boat broadside on to" the rivpr asrafrut a snag, and ifc throwing the occupants — Finlay9Otv, James, and AT born — into the water. The two last-named sot ashore, but Fin'ay;son was drowned. When last seen li-e wa'i swimming strongly for the shore, and it is surmised that he wa« seized with cramp and sank. The body ha* not yot been reoover-ed.

A girl three years old, daughter of John Bvobanan, Spar Bush. wa« fatally shot by her brother with a Reminerton riflf. The youth had returned home from a shooting excursion, when a charge unpccountablv exploded. The bullet entered thp back of the head, death resulting in a few hour?

A young man named Leydon was driving tuo sisters to o'lurch at Stratford, when the hors© became unmanageable and went off the side of the road among the logs. The girls were bumped off on to t^e road, ivcl Leydon was thrown into a barbed wire fence, and had his right leg tery badly torn. One of the girls had her teeth knocked out.

Alfred Williams, a jockey in the employ of Mr D. T. Murfitt, while c-xercisinpr Te Rehunga on the Napier racecourse, was thrown from the horse and injured intPrnaJly. He was taken to the hospital, whpro ht is progrefsincj favourably.

Tho master of the barque Kin fauns, which, arrived on Monday from Liverpool, reports that on tho Bth May an ordinary seaman named London Trar>air, aged 17 years, fell from the forp-royal yard into the sea. A boat put off from the ship, but a riVnse fog prevailed, and the search proved fruitless. The Rev. C. S. O«rg. the venerable pastor of St. Andrew's Church, Wellington, fell down a flight of steps on Sunday, and was rendered unconFcioiis for some time. He is now in a, condition that is considered serious. A young mnn named William H. Kggers, employed in Tonkinson's Cycle Works, met with an accident on Monday whereby on^ of liis eyes was seriously injured. He was forging a piece of steol. when it slipped from tho tong<» and entered tho eye Upon removal to the Hospital the sufferer was at once attended to. but the extent of the injury is not vet known.