CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2744, 17 October 1906, Page 51

CASUALTIES.

A lad of 14 named Edward Milne was admitted to the Hospital la*t evening, hay- - ing been, brought in by tram from Benhar. It seems he was on-s of the occupants of a cart w'n.eh. with iho borr-3 attached, went over a bank in the locality, the result baiug that th« boy was rather badly erufrhed by tho vehicle. At about 10.10 on the 9th an elaorly woman named Jane Wilwn, an inmate of the Benevolen; rnstiiuiion, was accidentally knocked down by a tram car opposite rho Leviathan Hotel in Ilijrh streei. The motoiaian (llobs't Sremner). who \yas in oharge of the car, s:at<?3 that wheii goiag flown High str-eer, and when near tbe Leviathan Hotel, he saw a woman walking near rhe side ot the tram line. Sh<» was walking in the same direction as the traxn, and the motormatt rang the be!L Tho .vroaian then van. in front or the trani car. and was knockad down, the front, po'-iio-i of the tram going over hei\ In older to extricate her, the car had to be lifted up, andr she waa afterwards take.i into the LiCviariMin Hotel, afi-1 Dr Watt was senl for. The doctor's examination «liowed that, although not seriously hurt, she v«t3 dazed, and had a bruisa on the «ide of he'- forehead. The tloc-roi- ordered her removal to the Hospital, where she was talren in the ambulan.ee. Tbe examination wt> the Hospital showed a few bruises, but no serious results are anticipated. An inquest was held at To. 37-irai. Frasr>rtown, on the body of Waata Tairoa. The evidence showed that deceased was cort-j-idsred a makuru by the Natives. Rua, tho alleged '" prophet,' 1 der.ouncpd him a« the cause of the recent calamities a^nong . the Maoris. This preyed on his mmcL A verdict was returned that deceased shot himself whij<* of unsound, mind.

A so no us- "bun accident happened at Aucklanti on Tucdduy night. 2th niit., about half-pa'-t 8 o't'ock a!on«4 rh<? road betwer \Vaipipi ar<l Wantku. A 'bus containinu I'^ ija«enge'-.v was approaching a brnlgo with enibatiknienr on each side, wlien, in the da-'kness. tho vehicle got ioo eloso ro rlie edge, and, before* it could be pulled up, it capsized, and rolled sov-sral feet to die bottom of die slope. The 'bus wa<j smashed, and several of the passenTers sustained injuries.

Henry Leppe - \ pi)shiia,src' - at Xorthcote, Auckland, died suddenly from haart distaffen Th:ir-srlay e\ening. William Henry Burrow?, gardener. Gtikului, also Ji?d from ; the '-ainc complaint on Friday. I A Maori named Tawhar* v»a--> killed while b-iilifolHng a Tew mi'es out of Opotiki en ; the lltu. . Tho hodv of J. F. G-!ov. the missing, C've schoolmaster, was found at the moufh re: the Xgaruroro RLv«r on the 12th. At tiie uu|nesi~ the following \er:!icr uas ip- , lunwrl— "That dpecas;ed ominitiKl >-uick 7.f7 .f by v.alking- imo thp Xgai-:nxjro Rive- whi^ , tpninr-arily insane, due ro mental depr-ejs-?ion." H--rlH?rt Cdrmonr. a jot-koy who was injure«l by a. fall at Otuki races on Weclnss- | i'ay la^t, is. •jfill uncon=ciou=.

A female mraar" of S?aoliff A«-ylum, «liilo out witli orhtr ljatient-? in c\ian-ga of a f<Tnalt« at'ond^uL on Fridti> , jumped ovor c cliff on ro iho rocks, and was killed in.,taut'y. Ttio decra-«>d fornu.r!y liv«*d at Dunedin. An in<|tie^t »ai hi'ld by iEr C. V? Uraha'ii (coroner) on Satu'ilay. The jurji i"<»tiirni>^l a. \»rtli^r rhat sloceaaftl i-dbi-mirteil sincule by iaimx from the cliffs wuilo insane. aiicL that uo blani*' was attachable to anyone. A Ujge niimbi <• of wiinc-3'ea were ex;rnii*od, juk! every rare was taken befure tho wa^ retunud. Tho evic'onpc Vaoatd that the drceaiexl had nor pre\ iou=]y shown any tcuilencj- in the> direction ol feuicide.

EV.'jn (Jnntliey, a pas'cnger by an oleci trir car. stepped off the ear while? it was l-iii n:otion at Albany street; on Saturdsiy niarltt. uith the result that «he feil and- &nstamed some scali?- \^oun«Js. Sh«» «as taken to tho hosprtaf, w'.sere one of the wounds. ' «as sown up: and> she was «-nflßeient.y rej covered to lp-a\e the lnttitution ye- tecday i n;onitng'. k A railway shnmer named Robert Burke' ■"liadi' tho misfortune to fill in front of *• goccfe v&ggßti he wae shunting: at tho railway «oods shed- oil Saturday night, and orm oi the- whe«la crushed his fcor. He 'was removed to tins- Hospital, where it w»». found necessary to- amputate some of the : toe«. A rather unusual accident occurred i»

the rooms of a city dentist at the end of last week. A yowng man — a solicitor from Gisborne on a visit to Dunedin — was being placed under the influence of gas prior to having teoth pulled, but evidently a sufficient quantity of gas was not administered, for the parieut suddenly became violent, jumped out of the operating chair, and dashed his fist through the window, sustaining very a-evere cuts Between the wrist a;xl elbow. He was secured, and taken Io the hospital, where it was found, that a number of tendons and arteries hai been severed. The patient is now progressing fairly well, but his arm is so much lacerated that some time must elapse before it is healed.

Our Nafeby correspondent writes: — While Mr Douglas Tannahill, of the Styx, was returning froia Waipiata on Thursday aftfrr.oon he n'ct with a nasiy accident. an>J is now an inoiata of the Na s eby Hospital, having been dri\en over on Friday by Mr J. A. Grey. Ho was driving a, dray, in which he was sirting, and goiug down a steep pinch in the road tho Back chain broke, with the result ihaT. Mr Tannahill was precipHatoi upon the roid. He received ;\ nasty cut on the forehead, and his thigh is damaged. A serious accident hefel Mr Daniel Stevensou, farn.er, Waitahuna road, on TnuE£t l ajc ovejun? (says the- Tuapeka Times). H« was riding home on & young horse. \rh«u * motor car, came into sight. The horse took fright and, plunging, threw its rideT, who foil heavily, breaking his collarbone a.ad receiving some- injuries internally. The occupants of the motor car \Mr and Mr» Raymofld. of Tinwu-u) rendered all the assistance Rossiblc and conveyed th a injured man to hh home. On Friday morning prior to proceeding en their jomrroey round the go'.dfields, they visited the residence <x£ Mr &t&vonson to inquire as to- his condition.' The Free Press, Bakltnha, states that an aceidesit oecurrwd' in the Kantangata i^k*^ alir.ul 7 o'clock on Wednesday mori'insr. Three mer.— John 34'Aughern, Williajtn r^octov, and James Fibbet — were at work in one of the workings known as No. 8 heading, when an explosion of gas took wlace. severely burning the workeca. M'Aughern was badly burned about the face and hands. Proctor received a. se\erc burning on the fare, arms, and lesis. whilst Ftlttses was burned on the arms and bodj:.

On Sunday an affray took plat 3 on ousel tho vessels lying^ at the Auckland wharf, and a=> a result two msn are now in. ho»srital buffering fixim injuries supposetl to liavo bean caused by stabbing. Wi"Jian> C. Fitzgerald, a chpniist in a large wav of business at Waibi, an-J formerly of" Wellington and Wangatmi, died on Monday from the effects of a dm? named trionil. takon to induce sleep. A seaman named Robert M'Carthy . was aieK?«r:tallv drowned in Wellingrtpn Harbour on Monday night while working on a punt. I A man named Frank S. Cainos shot him- I F?!f at the back of the Zetland Hotel, Christc'Turch. cv Monday afternoon. Th»» man vlsifcsd ihe hotel at- about o%3lcfk. and had a whisky, and was quite rational and sober when he left. About half an. haur aftei-waxds he was found dead in an outhouse afr the. back, of | '.hs hotel, with a. revolver wound through his head, a new revolver beside him, and a box. of cartridges in his pocket- The man, who has a. wife and child, was dis-plia-raec f i im. his employment oh Monday - iiicrn-ingr.