CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3327, 19 December 1917, Page 21

CASUALTIES.

A man named W. 11. Thompson, a surveyor, was found dead in his bedroom at a boarding house at • Matiere, N. 1., on the 10th. 'lhe deceased, who was 60 years old, had no relatives. At the inquest a verdict of death from heart failure was returned.

A sad accident happened at Moturoa on Saturday, Ist inst., resulting in the death of Mr Ralph Cra.wsb.aw, a well-known and highly respected resident of New Plymouth. It appears that deceased, together with W. B. Kivell, O. V. Russell, and Richard Williams, had arranged to go out tp the latter's launch, spend the night on the craft, and leave early on Sunday morning to go fishing. . Accordingly they left tho beach about 10.15 p.m. in a dinghy, also belonging to Williams, the latter rowing out in the direction of" the launch. The dinghy capsized. Kivell, Williams, and Russell managed to reach another launch, biit Crawshaw was drowned. The deceased, who probably had a severe heart seizure, wa3 40 years of ago. He waa a married man, and leaves a widow and four children. He was on the staff of the New Plymouth Post and Telegraph Office, where ho held a responsible position. A three-year-old boy named Hancock wag killed by a motor car on tho junction road near Mangorei on 'the 12th. The boy ran across tho road in front of the car, the radiator of which struck his head. Ho was brought to the hospital, but died shortly after admission. The driver of the car, Mr Paynter, was apparently quite blameless. *'.. ... v

Jonathan Golding, head master of thai Gore District High School, dropped dead in a motor garage on Saturday afternoon shortly after driving from Gore to Invercar■gill. Advice was received bv the Superintendent of Police on Saturday that a married man, named John Henry, aged 78 years, had been found dead at 8 p.m. on Fridajr beside a water-hole near Waitahuna-.