CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2561, 15 April 1903, Page 25

CASUALTIES.

An inquiry concerning the death 01 Harry and Albert Manifold, aged seven and five years respectively, two victims of the boating fatality m Monday at Plimmertbn, was held on the 7,th, when a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. Two of the witnesses were George, and Thomas . Manifold, aged nine and ten years, brothers of deceased, who w«re rescued while clinging to -the overturned oiraft. Apparently' .the boat capsized while, going about in a squall. A Maori Hill resident named James Day slipped on his doorstep on ihe-7tb between 9.30 and 10 o'clock and. fractured his right leg. He was removed to- the Hospital for - treatment - '

A little girl named Phyllis Allwood, igcd two and a-half 'years, daughter of' a settler on Hurford road,' Omata, a few miles from ISew Plymouth, was- missed. A search was instituted, resulting in ihe child's, body being found in a shallow creek near her parents' residenoe. :

A singular death occurred at Jsoraewood Hawke's Bay, on the 6th. A child four years old, named Evelyn Fredricksen, daughter of Mr C. Fredricksen, of Ngamoko, died: very suddenly. The mother of the child stated that deceased had swallowed a pin, and died 10 minutes later. -A doctor was sent for from Makotuku, bub the child had been dead some time when h« arrived. He examined deceased, but could find no trace rf the pin

A nine-year-old girl named Kerrisk, the daughter of a iarmer at Manutahi, died from shock at the Patea Hospital through being burned somewhat about the ' iody. The accident occurred when the* girl was lighting % fire. Further detaik have come tc hand regarding the sad mining- fatality of the 30th ult. whereby in old employee of the Scandinavian Company'? Lagoon claim, Mi" Turner, sustained '•n : "-ie3 from which he ultimately died soir.e '-".v days later. It appears that the ace' wa3 one of thos« unfortunate occurrences which, never being expected, can never be guarded against. The Inspector of Mines, who visited the scene of the accident, expressed himself as quite satisfied that every reasonable precaution had been taken to provide against accidents, and Mr MiEnnis, S.M., held that no inquest Was necessary. The account? of this sad event state that the injury wa? caused by a lump of <:lay • weighing about ' a hundredweight falling from - a height of about 15 ft and striking deceased on the tegs, which were both fractured; The unfortunate man was at once attended to and medical aid obtained with as little delay a3 possible. Deceased appeared to progress favourably for a day or two, until it became necessary to amputate the left leg. After the operation deceased gradually sank, and died the same evening. Deceased was buried with all the rites of the Roman Catholic Churob, and his funeral was attended by many sorrowing friends and! grief-stricken relatives.

A Maori named Hare Tekewhanua, aged 40 years, met his death under singular cir-cumstances-on Saturday 'm the Harp of Erira Hotel, Auckland. John Evans, an elderlyman, who was ir the hotel bar at the sam« time at the Maori, left his glasr of beer m ihe counter while he went outside. On returning he accused the Maori of drinking his beer. The Maori denied the allegation, and! Evans threw the dregt of the liquor in Ilia face. The Native closed with Evans, and both fell to the floor. Evans did not retaliate, but on getting up he found the vMaori dead. A post mortem disclosed the fact that drath was caused by heart failure, the result of long-standing pneumonia. At a subsequent inquest a verdict was returned of doath from natural causes.

The lad Ernest Walker, who met with art accident in a workshop at Auckland en. April 1, died on Monday. He waf swinging from a rope attached to a block when! the block came out of the book and struck him on the head, fracturing his ikv.ll. A boy named Robson, aged about 23 year., fell off the Lytteltor train on Monday, evening. He war* run over by several caw riage- and killed. The body wat much! mutilated.

James Day, who was admitted to tha Hospital last week suffering from a frac-< tured leg, died in the institution on Mondac' morning*