CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2934, 8 June 1910, Page 30

CASUALTIES.

Luke Wilson, a well-known jockey, met with an accident whilst exercising horses at Napier Park. A horse reared and fell on him. He was removed to a private hospital, and was found to be suffering from bruises on the lower portion of his back and stomach, in adcl : tion to which there may be some fractu of the pelvis.

A man named Patrick O'Oonnell was found dead in his house in Duke street, Christchurch, on May 31. Thomas Williams, a well-known carter, died suddenly at Christchurch on the 61st May, while following his occupation. It appears that Williams, with his horse and van, wa6 in Barbadoes street, near the gasworks. He was seen to fall forward in the van, and when he was picked up it was found that life was extinct.

At the inquest concerning the death of Richard Richardson, who was killed by falling off a Lyttelton train on May 30. the evidence showed that deceased bad lately had an. attack of paralysis. He was apparently trying to cross from one carriage to the next, and slipped. A verdict of accidental death was returned.

On the 31st May, as the express from Timaru was running into Temuka a woman named Mrs Fildes was riding towards the railway on.her bicycle. She either did not see the train or became confused, and rode on to the line, and the train crashed into her. Her bicycle was thrown about two chains along the lime, and the woman was carried in front of the engine to the next crossing, ■where the train was stopped, and Mrs Fildes was taken from her perilous position. She was very seriously cut about the head and face, and died from the shock.

At Sutherlands a young woman named Mellor was thrown from a horse and sustained concussion of the brain. She is in a critical condition.

Frederick William Isaacs, aged about 60, was found dead in his room at Mrs Broadwood's boarding-house, Ohiristchurch, on the 31st of May. He was a married man, and his wife resides in Sydney. He was attended by a medical man. Deceased was well-known in town, and for some time past had been doorkeeper at the Theatre Royal. A body found in the harbour on May 30 has been identified as Alfred Robert Greenway, 60 years, who practised as a solicitor in Auckland some years ago. At one time he possessed considerable property.

The body of a seaman named James Tall, who has been missing off the steamer Aorere for two days was found in Wellington harbour on the 2nd inst. He was last seen going in the direction of the ship. A cap which he had been wearing was found alongside on the wharf. Ernest Hildreth, aged 18, a carpenter's apprentice, was found dead on the 3rd, hanging by his neck from a tree in the grounds of his father's residence at Karori. He was last seen alive the previous morning. No reason is assigned for the lad's death. At the inquest a verdict of suicide during, temporary insanity was returned. The evidence showed that the deceased Lad suffered from melancholia.

A drowning fatality by which two men, named Robert Finlayson, a settler at Redeliff, and D. Byers, employed in . a bank at Waimate, lost their lives occurred on the 3rd- A shooting party of eight were out on the Waitaki River, and were crossing to an island in a boat when it capsized. All were thrown into the water, which was deep and running swiftly at the place. Six managed to get on to a spit after being carried down the river for about 500 yards, but Finlayson and Byers were not seen again. At the .inquest the evidence went to show that Finlayson took charge of the boat, which was not trimmed well. On reaching the main stream water commenced to flow in over the stern, and eventually the craft capsized. A verdict of " Accidental death " was returned.

Alfred Spalding, a single man, aged 20, employed as a fitter, was killed in the Auckland railway engine workshops on the 4th inst. His head was crushed by the crank of the hydraulic pump. Thomas Roberts, a single man, who was employed at the Sugar Company's works at Auckland, fell from a platform a distance of 50ft, and succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital. A young man named Reginald Watts, supposed to have come from Christchurch, fell down the shaft in the Energetic mine, ' Reef ton, on the 4th when baling water, and he fell 1900 ft. His mate suddenly missed him. His body khs fearfully shattered and dismembered. Mrs Davis, residing at Linwood, died suddenly on the sth. Death i 6 supposed to be due to heart disease.

Harold Kitchen, a young man, was diowned in the Hutt River on the sth while recrossing it on returning from a shooting expedition with his companion, who crossed in safety. A • man named Robert Filcock, a station employee at Mr H. D. Buchanan's Mangatu property, was killed on the sth through being kicked by a saddle horse which he was leading. Several ribs were broken and his liver was ruptured. He died a few hours after the accident. Deceased was a single man, aged about 45 years. He is believed to have a brother residing at Nelson. At the inquest a verdict of " Accidental death " was returned.

Mr L. P. Cabot, of Omakau, met with a severe accident last week in a verysimple manner. Whilst he was bending an iron peg, it snapped unexpectedly, and caused him to fall back. He sustained a complete fracture of the right leg, while the other le.g was also badly bruised. Dr Bagley, who motored from St. Bathans, set the injured limb, and Mr Cabot is now making excellent progress.

YOUNG MAN KILLED. David M'Lennan, 29 years of age, fell off the Otago Central train near Salisbury about 1 o’clock on Monday afternoon and was killed.. The deceased was a single man, a farmer, and resided with his mother at Wedderburn. He left Dunedin by the 11.40 a.m. train. . . John Gray, a labourer at Waipiata, who was a passenger by th© same train, states that M'Lennan was travelling by a second smoker.” After leaving Wingatui the •deceased went on to the platform and sat on the floor, with his legs hanging between the carriages, and rested against the second upright support. He was sitting there when the train passed Salisbury. Five minutes later someone said a man had fallen off the train, and witness felt a jolt, as if the carriage had passed over an obstacle. The train was pulled up at once, and witness and others went back and found M'Lennan lying on th© railway lin He was unconscious. He had a deep woun on the back of the head, and the loft arm was almost severed above the elbow. The man was put on board the train, which returned to Wingatui. A doctor from Mosgiel examined the body, and pronounced life to be extinct. Deceased was sober at the time of the accident, as far as MiGray knew.