CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2818, 18 March 1908, Page 74

CASUALTIES.

Inspector Cullen received a telegram on the 10th inst. from the constable stationed ' nt DargaviHe stating that a buehman named Walker Williams was drowned at Awakino on the 9th, having fallen off a log while rafting. The body has not yet been recovered. Arthur Charles Woollams, a resident of Mount Eden, aged 60, was found dead on" the f oor of his room on the 10th inst. The body of William Broughton, of Fernhill, Hawke's Bay, eheepfarmer, who was ia Wang&nui oh a visit, was on the 10th found Hanging from a pine tree in front, of the houe-^ in which ne was staying at Putiki. The deceased, who was wellknown in Hawke's Bay, was a half-caste, his Maori name being Wiremu Poroti Pc Muhunga. He was 52 years of age, and leaves a wife and family. An old resident named James Allardica died at Dannevirke on the 11th inst. About 16 years ago he sustained a hernia, and on Monday evening, while "ekylark1 ing," he sustained strangulation. He was removed to the hospital and operated upon, but the injury proved fatal. An. inquest was held, and the jury attached no bkme to anyone. Mr Allardice was one of the first residents of the Dannevirke district, end was associated closely with the progress of the town, and was well-known and highly respected throughout Hawke's Bay. He leaves a large family. Deceased was 61 years of age. A greaser named James Daly, belonging i to the steamer Arawa, died of heart disease. A certificate has been given. He was taken ill on the 10th, and was attended by the ship' 6 surgeon. Daly was aged 55 ] years, and is believed to have been mar- | ried nine years ago in London. A man named James Braid, who is employed as timekeeper at the new dock, was admitted to the Dunedin Hospital on the j 11th inst. He was found, at some time about 11 o'clock, lying on the railway between Port Chalmers and Sawyers' Bay. His skull is badly fractured. As he resides at Sawyers' Bay, it is surmised that he was going home from work, and either feilf off a train or was struck by one. He has been in a more or less unconscious state ever since the mishap. The barque Elizabeth, which arrived afc. Tahiti recently from Marseilles, provided the residents of Papeete with some sensation. One of the orew fell overboard, and waa drowned; another was killed when jumping ashore from the ship's rail to the wharf, his head being split open; the cook had a bad sunstroke, and was sent to tho. hoejgital; and a sailor had one foot nearly severed by a wire hawser. In a bedroom at the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel a man named Saunders was found on the 13th inst. with his throat cut. The injuries are not likely to prove fatal. Saunders recently came from Sydney, where he has a wife and two children. An old-age pensioner named Robert M'Dowell, 70 years of age, was found dead in bed at his residence in Palnr.erston North on the 13th inst. An inquest was held, at which a. verdict in accordance with the medical evidence was returned. Death was caused by heart failure, brought on by Bright's disease. Whil6t attempting to take the mud from the muzzle of a gun at Hawera the cartridge exploded, and Lewis Frost's left hand was practically shot away, it having to be amputated. Mr Frost is the local agent of the A.M.P. Society. The body of Fred Smith, who was drowned when the scow Moonah was sunk by the Wairuna, was found floating in the harbour at Auckland on the 16th instA fajm labourer named Percy Hall, about 26 years of age, was found drowned in the Waitara River near Purangi on the 13th. Deceased was working for a farmer named Glasgow, and went to muster cattle, having to ford the river. As he did not ! return, another man was sent to look for , him. and found his body. Hall had no I relatives in New Zealand. A bush-feller named Michael Cruickehank was killed whilst felling a tree at Tahora. His mate had a narrow, escape ' from the tree, which was 4ft in thickness. [ Four men carried the body three P" I**1 ** over rough country, and then packed the body to Wharekopae, occupying 23 hours in going 28 miles. Deceased was a single man, and a native of Australia. His mother and sister reside at Gisborne. A little girl named Lyburg received ooncussion of the brain as a result of the tram collision at Wellington on the 15th. Hamilton Shaw, aged 66 was found m a dying condition in an outhouse in Christchurch on the 16th, and died while being £ removed to the hospital. The verdict at,., the inquest held to-night was that death . was caused by cardiac failure and chronic Bright's disease. At an inquest held on the 15th touching the demise of Denis Coakley, who was found dead afe his home at Ashburton Forks on Saturday, the jury returned a verdict that death was caused by heart failuure. On the 16th a man named George Reia, a farmer residing at Seacliff, was brought into town in the train and conveyed to the Hospital, where he was discovered to be suffering from a fracture of the leg. From what could be ascertained from him, it appears that Reid was riding a horse and was thrown, and, getting one foot caught in the stirrup, susiained the injury mentioned. He is a married man, and 25 years of age.