CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2722, 16 May 1906, Page 32

CASUALTIES.

Win. Hounsell, aged 80. gardener, an old Nelson settler, cut his throat on the 7th, died on Monday. The doctor gave a oertificate that death was due to old age. He had been very restless lately, and when he heard of the death of the late Mr Henry Edwards, for whom he had woiiked, he said to his wife, " I won't be very long now." Hounsell has a large family of sons and daughters scattered all over the colony. At the inquest on tie body of William White at Napier on the Bth, the jury leturned a verdict of " Suicide while temporarily insane."

Mr R, S. Black received a telegram from Nightcape- on the Bth stating that an employee of his named A. R. Jackson, while crossing Jacob's River, had lost his team, consisting of two horses, and that the vehicle had been much damaged. Mr Jackson had himself a narrow escape from drowning. Tasman Schoofield. employed at the tailings plant connected with the Waiotahi battery. Thames, was caught in the belting on Wodnasday and whirled round He was picked up in a semi-conscious state, and died at the Thames Hospital two hours later. His arm was fearfully lacerated, and he was injured internally. Deceased, who was an old Volunteer, leaves a wife and several children. Evidence was criven that tho fatality was the result of 3 pure accident. The jury returned a verdict accordingly, no blame being attachable to aiuyone. After the accident deceased never spoke. He was dead when the hospital was reached. An unfortunate mishap happened to a 13-year-old boy named Hooker, at Foxton

- ' recently. It. appears he was playing with some rifle caps, when one accidentally exploded and completely destroyed the -ight of one of his eyee. Martin O'Donnell, a bridge-builder, employed on the M;iin Trunk line, was struck j by a fallins: piece of timber on the bridge ! at Oio on Thursday and killed. Thomas Hoult. a well-known Feilding I horse-dea.ler. was kicked on the head by a young hor>e in Wellington on Thursday. ; The side of his skull was fractured, and his i j ear was nearly torn off. He was taken to j the hospital. j A boy, Leonard Mills, who wa<; brought ■ to the C'nristehurch Hospital on Tuesday | suffering from injuries to his legs caused i hy being run over by a lorry drawn by a { rraction engine at Rotherham. died en | Thursday morning. An inquest was opened, but was adjourned to enable e\ idenee to 1 be procured from Rotherham. I Our Na<*eby correspondent telegraphs : — j " Whi!e George Banibery was working in J his mining .claim at German Jack's, six | miles beyond Seroentine. about 3cwt of I earthy material fell neark upon him. It fell so close that it forced his shovel against ! his leg, the impact being so severe that the leg broke. As soon as ticssible he was brought to the Naseby Hospital by Mr M'Skimming. jgatoarop. but he had suffered for 30 hours with the broken leg before he reached the hospital."' '■ The Oamaru Mail states that an old man. whose name i.« not yet available, was found dead in his bed at Harris's Hotel. Waimate. yesterday morning. Deceased. ' who vras working at Waihao Downs up till lately, is supposed to have died from the effects of Doison. On Friday afternon (says the Dunstan Times) Mr C. F. Faisandier met with a rough handling from a bull when he was endeavouring to adiust a rope tied round its neck. The animal, one of the polled Angus breed, suddenly turned on him. knocking him- down, and then charging him again, and rolling him over and over along- the ground. Fortunately his wife and daughter witnessed th» occurrence, and their cries frightened the brute off. Mr Faisandier was unconscious when picked up. but recovered shortly afterwards. He was much bruised about the face and shoulders, but is now making fair progress towards recovery. . The body of a man named JeremiaP Leahv. aged about 30 or 35 years, was found in Wellington Harbour on Friday morning 1 . A man named Enoch Cutts aged 53. was found dead in brd at the Empire Hotel, Waimate. At the inquest on Friday it was shown that deceased bad taken a considerable quantity of laudanum, and intended to poison himself. A verdict that deceased died from poison self-administererl while temporarily insane was returned. Deceased has a wife and family in Dunedin, and had only been in Waimate about six week*. James Wylie, 67 years of age. living with his daughters at: Waiwera. died suddenly on Thursday evenine. It is supposed that heart disease was the cause of death. j Two men accidentally hurt while playing football at Forbury Park on Saturday afternoon were admitted to the Hospital. Ber- ! tram Stokes (19). jesiding at Cabersham, was playing with the Kaikorai Fourth. While running he fell and fractured his ankle. He is doing well, but will probably bo. in hospital at least six weeks. William Johnson (19), of Maori Hill, playing with the Kaikorai Third, received an injury to the spine. The injury is ?aid to be the result of a kick. He is apparently doing well, but no definite report can be made for the present. The Timaru papers state that a distressing accident happened at Waimataitai last week, a little fellow named Willie Ha^selberg losing his life as rhe result of a fall from a tmck drawn by the traction engine owned by the Borough Council. The lad, who wa? between 10 und 11 years of age, was riding to school in the truck, and sustained the injuries which resulted in his death while he was jumping off. At th« inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned. Whilst watching a hockey match at Dannevirke on Wednesday tost Mrs Bennett met with a serious accident. One of the players, in attempting to strike Ihe ball unfortunately hit Mrs Bennett, fracturing the bone of her jaw. Annie Howley. a married woman, residing in New North road, Auckland, i* in the

hospital suffering from the effects of having swallowed a large dose of neuralgia mixture, which would have proved fatal but for timely medical attention. John M'Combie, a wharf labourer, aged 46. and ma-rried, met with a serious accident at the Oamaru breakwater wcolshed on Monday. He fell 10ft from the ladder, breaking both bones of his leg above the ankle, besides sustaining a severe compound fracture. ! A little girl named Ethel Mackie, 11 years of age, and li\ing at Addingt-on. performed a remarkably plucky act on Friday, which unhappily resulted in fatal injury being received by the child. Seeing a horse bolt with a trap, she ran out to attempt to stop its career. She was knocked down tiampled on by the runaway, and was taken to the hospital, but succumbed to internal injuries on Sunday night.