CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3215, 27 October 1915, Page 64

CASUALTIES.

Tho four-ycar-o!ci son of George Doran was killed at Kaiapoi through a spring dray falling on him. At about noon on tho 17th Alex. Joan Petersen, a married man, 33 years of ago, met his death at Riverton, near tho railway bridge. It appears (says tho Southland News) that the deceased, who was a master painter by trade, had gone out in a dinghy in company with two men named Peter JVPCubbin and Samuel Bailey, his intention being to have a swim. He dived over the side, and as he rose to the surface it was apparent to his companions that something was wrong. M'Cubbin got out of the dinghy and lifted the deceased into it again, and the police and a doctor were summoned. Peterson being unconscious. On arrival the doctor saiu that Peterson had injured cither his head or his spine, and ordered his removal to tho hospital, where ho died at 11 p.m. without having fully regained consciousness. There had been only about a. foot of water where the deceased dived in, and it was muddy. Robert Priestly M'Clanahan, traveller for Stone’s Directory. Dunedin, committed suicide at Palmerston on the 20th imt. Ho was soon to draw a razor across his throat, but his. action was too sudden to allow anyone to interfere. The deceased, who was 39 years of ago, was a single man. His mother and sister reside in Papanui. Christchurch. The local police have received information that the school master at Ophir, John Wilson, committed suicide on the 19th by cutting his throat with a razor. Our Alexandra correspondent reports that an old identity of the Nascby district, Mr Ravenswood, was very seriously injured at the irrigation works at Clyde on Tuesday. Tho body of Robert Heron, aged 37 years, who had been missing for some days, was found in tho Kauearange River on the 20th inst., some yards below a railway bridge. It is presumed that Heron was crossing the bridge at night and missed his footing, with the result that he was drowned. A Maori named Kaiu Kihi, of Waikato, committed suicide by shooting himself at the Maori pa called Taka, about 20 miles from Tuakau on the 20th inst. The coroner returned a verdict to this effect at tho in-' quest. A married man named Nimmo was drowned in the Oroua River, Wellington, on tho 20th inst. while crossing in a trap while the ford was flooded. The body was found two miles below tho ford. Harry Kyle, aged 23 years, was drowned while bathing at Brookby, Papakara Valley. He was tho youngest son of Mr James Kyle, of Auckland, and was spending the weekend at Brookby A married man named Henry Millar, aged 28 years, was knocked under a motor car at Masterton by a horse, and sustained a fractured skull and leg. He died in the Masterton Hospital without recovering consciousness. Tho Pukckoho police received information on Wednesday' evening that a Maori named Kihi had been found dead in bed at Tauranganui that morning with his head p-artlv blown off. Tauranganui (says the Auckland Herald) is a Maori settlement on the Waikato River, about 15 or 20 miles from Pukekohe. Reginald Giesler, hairdresser, of Kaiapoi, while out rabbit shooting on the south side of the south branch of the Waimakariri a few days ago, was accidentally shot in the abdomen. It is supposed that ho was running at the time and fell, receiving the contents of tho gun in the stomach. His wife, who was near, heard the shot, and went to his assistance. Dr Crawshaw was summoned, and he ordered Giesler’s removal to the Christchurch Hospital. As the accident occurred near the railway lino, <he train to town was stopped, and the sufferer placed aboard. On arrival at the hospital Giesler was operated upon, his condition at an early hour this morning being described as precarious. Early on Sunday afternoon Mrs Roxana Berryman died suddenly at her home at 10 Lambeth road. Dunedin. She had been suffering for some time from nervous prostration, and on Sunday her husband, John Berryman, found she had taken a turn for the worse. Ho called in a neighbour while he went for Dr Martin, but Dr Martin was out. Dr De Lautour was then summoned, but by’ the time ho reached tho After hearing the medical evidence tho Coroner returned a verdict that death was due to gastric tetany, or muscular spasm.