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CASUALTIES.

Mr John Corry, aged 40 years, a drover, of Timara, was killed near Pleasant Point on the 3rd. He was driving a gig when the horse bolted, and he was thrown out. he had the reins round his wrist, and was dragged and injured fatally. A well-known Drummond farmer, Mr William Edward "Ward, aged 52 years, left his home on the 3rd to inspect some cattle. He failed to return, and search revealed his body in a gravel pit containing 6ft of water, into which ho had apparently fallen. Ho leaves a widow and six children.

A young man named Talbot Johnson, who was out on the beach on the 3rd with a pea rifle endeavouring to shoot gulls, stumbled over a rock, with the result that the rifle went oft* and the bullet entered his thigh. He was taken to the Dunedin Hospital, where his injury is under observation.

The 6.25 special passenger train from Dunedin to Milton on the 3rd travelled part of the way between Waihola and Milburn without Guard W. P. Anderson, whose disappearance was detected on the arrival of the train at the latter place. The stationmaster at Milburn communicated with Waihola, whence a trolley was despatched towards Milburn, whilst one was also sent towards Waihola. The guard was found alongside the track near Clarendon in an unconscious state, and Dr Rosa Collier, of Milton, who_ was summoned, found that ho was suffering from concussion. Mr Anderson was removed to the Dunedin Hospital.. It is not known how he fell from the train.

Mr James Little, manager of . the East Coast Fellmongery, whilst returning to Gisborne on Friday night, was thrown from his buggy and killed, his neck being broken. No one saw tho accident, the body being found some time afterwards. Mr Justin Ronayne, break inspector of railways, while walking alonsr the line near Palmerston North on tho 3rd inst., was overtaken by the second Auckland express, which threw him off the line, breaking one leg and fracturing a rib. Ho is progressing satisfactorily. A miraculous escape from fatal accident occurred at Dannevirkc at the _Allardice street crossing, when a motor car, driven by Mrs Fisher, of Terhunga, collided with a train. Mrs Fisher was the only occupant of the car, and she was thrown to trio front part, tho cushion, with her on it, being caught by the engine cowcatcher and carried about 100 yards, till the train pulled up. Mrs Fisher sustained bruises, and is suffering from Bhock. The motor car was smashed to pieces, i At Nelson on mo 4th a married woman named Lessens "was found by her daughter sit-

tinjr in the kitchen of her house wish her clothing in flames. She had apparently saturated her clothes with kerosene and set herself on fire. The flames were extinguished, and the woman wks removed to the hospital, where she died a few hour 3 later. She had suffered from a nervous breakdown, and her condition had been causing eomo anxiety to her relatives. The body of an elderly widow named Rebecca Pycroft was found lying in a plantation near John street. Wellington, on the 4th.

Alex. Cahill, 34 years of age, died In the Palmerston North Hospital on the 6th from injuries received in a cyclo accident at Feilding last month. He leaves a widow and five children. At an inquest at Hawarden on Hepzibah JCennedy, three years old, a girl who was killed in a motor oar accident on June 1, the evidence showed that the deceased's father, who was driving, lost control of the oar owing to a rod supporting the front axle collapsing. The car swerved and overturned. A verdict of accidental death was returned.

Thomas Boyle, a widower, aged 48 years, died in the hospital at Invercargill as the result of poison, self-administered on June

An inquest was held at the Hospital on the. 6th in st. by Mr Widdowson on the body of Mrs W. A. Duncan, who died at the Hospital at 6.15 a.m. on Wednesday. The deceased, who was 51 year 3 of age, who resided at 36 Malvern street, Woodhaugh, went out of the house on Saturday evening to close a window, when she slipped on tHe frosty ground, and, in doing so, fractured her thigh. She- was removed to the Hospital, where she died on Wednesday morning. According to medical testimony it was shown that both were in a bad state, caused by chronio bronchitis, and a verdict was returned to the effect that death was due to shock, combined with hyposthenio congestion of the lungs.

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Otago Witness, Issue 3404, 11 June 1919, Page 53

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CASUALTIES. Otago Witness, Issue 3404, 11 June 1919, Page 53

CASUALTIES. Otago Witness, Issue 3404, 11 June 1919, Page 53

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