CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3336, 20 February 1918, Page 48

CASUALTIES.

A man named Edward Towsey, 76 years of age, was crossing Princes street South on .the- 13th, when tie was knocked down by a motor cycle. He was taken to the Hospital, suffering from a compound fracture of the left leg. He was staying at the Southern Hotel. A married; man named John Waltess, aged 45 years, was killed by a Kelburn cable car. He was working on the track, and was struck while getting away as the car ap proached. . -, Arthur Morgan, who resides at No. 1 Signal Hill, Opoho, and Archibald Hart, of 71 Dundas street, were returning to town from the Win gat in races on a motor cycle with side-car attached about 6.30 a.m. on Thursday, and when turning the corner at Wilkio road and Kinj; Edward street, they collided with a tramcar. Both men were thrown out on the.- street, and were subsequently conveyed to the Hospital, but their injuries are not serious. Hart is suffering from injuries to his head, and Morgan is only slightly hurt. Robert Todd, an old and well-known resident of the Mount Sorners district, aged 67 years, met with a fatal accident either on the 7th or Bth inst. (reports the Christchurch Press). He was working for Mr King at Afford Forest, and on the 7th he was sent out with a horse and dray to bring in a load of Wood. As he did not return, a search was made, and on Saturday afternoon, he was found dead underneath the overturned dray. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned. The -Superintendent of Police was informed on the 15th that Eunice Hammer, aged 18 years, a daughter of the proprietor of the bookstall at the Dunedin Railway Station, was shot in the left foot by a pea rifle bullet at Wakari on Thursday. Miss Hammer told the police that the bullet struck her while she was standing at the gate of her home about 2 p.m. She did not see anyone about, but had heard shooting going on in the neighbourhood. Dr M'Kellar. who dressed the wound, which is not dangerous, exoressed the opinion that the shot had been fired at close range. The bullet entered near the instep and came out at the sole of the foot. The police have the matter in hand. , Three defective planks in the bridge over for the admission to the Hospital on Friday for the admission to the Hospital yesterday of a 15-year-old girl named Jessie Goodfcllow, who resides with her parents at 91 Union street. It appears that the planks would not suoport the girl's weight, and she fell through, the fall to the concrete river bed, some distance below, being broken by a horizontal' iron support, to which she managed to cling. She was badly bruised, and a deep laceration of one lee necessitated the insertion of seven '■ifcl'fccTlGS. Daniel O'Brien, a married man, 60 years of age, residing at 6 Short street, was transferring fruit in boxes at the railway goodsheds on Saturday, when he slipped and fell on the corner of a box, severely injuring his left eye. Sixteen stitches were inserted in the wound at the Hospital. A middle-aged man named Henry Samson was admitted to the Hospital on Saturday suffering from a broken rib, sustained by falling down some steps at the Fountain. He resides at 612 a King street. A three-year-old boy, Albert Duncan, whose home is at 26 Richmond street, fractured his right ankle while at play on Sunday, and was admitted to the hospital. At To Aroha on Saturday Richard Pilkington, 10 year's of age, second son of Mr Peter Pilkington, borough foreman of works, was electrocuted at midday. He had touched a live wire in the street. HAWERA, February 18. A motor car fatality occurred on the South road, near Hawera, last evening. A car, occupied by George Smith (farmer, Kapuni), John Pawson (contractor, Kapuni), and Stewart Wilson Monteith (bank clerk, Hawera) capsized, pinning the three men underneath. When they were extricated it was found that Monteith had been killed, and that Pawson had sustained a fractured skull, and he was removed to the hospital, his condition being critical. Smith escaped with minor injuries. Mr Monteith's parents resido at Reofton. He was 21 years of age, and was shortly entering the Expeditionary Force camp. The party wero returning from Opunake. The survivors have not sufficiently recovered to give an account as to how the accident happened. At Ormond to-day a man named William Byrno, employed at Ngakaroa, met with a fatal accident. He was engaged in carting oats when the load began to slip. The deceased became entangled in the reins and fell, the wheels of the dray passing over him. He- received injuries from which he Succumbed.