CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3510, 21 June 1921, Page 50

CASUALTIES.

1-rank Cnotes, at one time a Horowhenua lootoall rip:esem alive and. a fine athlete, oi-, ; suddenly oil the 11th in t. aiter playing in a football match, the cause of death being hea;t d sea.-e. Ihe -earth tor Miss Lindsay, the matron <)I Grey town Hospital, ended" on the 12th, tae bony L. mg tonne! i ot far from the railway s:at.on at Moudsiiie. it was found hanging Horn a tree, tb e t-ord of the dressing gown which she was wearing when she disappeared hating been used for ids© fatal purpose. , A fMM fire occurred at Hornby, Christchurch, in an eight-roomed house owned by Mr F. M. Steel, a butcher at Christchurch. The building was completely destroyed, and the occupant, John Hampton, single, a gad 55, meat-cart di r er, perished in the flames. He lived in tho bouse alone. Hie old nun. Carnell, who was picked up on the railway lin e between Tihaka and t. olac Bay at an early hour on Tuesday morning. 7 1 li inst., suffering from, wounds and shock, and who was removal to tho Kiverion Hospital, died in tho institution mi tho 13th trom the effects of exposure (states tile Western Star). The police have taken charge of the body, and the district coroner communicated with, when probably an inquest will be held. Deceased was 71 years of age, and was an old resident of the Golan district. He is not known to nave any relatives. Fleming Montgomery, a resident of Pakowhai. coll ded with a motor car driven by Norman M Kersey at Fakowhai bridge last night. Montgomery had a log broken and his skull fractured. lie was conveyed to -the Napier Hospital, where he died during tho night. A girl naned Jane Faithful, nged seven years, was drowned in the Auckland tepid baths on the 18th inst. She was swimming in the water with the aid of a pair of water wings, and it. is thought that her feet became entangled, eausing her head and shoulders to sink. A little later Mrs Smith, one of the attendants, noticed her, and immediately reached out from the edge of the baths and nulled her nut. Ready assistance was given, hut all efforts at resuscitation proved ineffectual. James Glassey, aged 59 years, a retired farmer, died suddenly during the service at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Ashburton, on Sunday morning. During a prayer the deceased had a seizure, and was assisted from the building. Artificial respiration was tried, but he expired almost immediately. The deceased loaves a wife and an adult family.