CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3662, 20 May 1924, Page 33

CASUALTIES.

AUCKLAND, May 12. Lennon Paul Patri, aged four, ran in front of a tramcar in Khvber Pass and was struck, being killed instantly. His skull was fractured. May 14. Mrs Alary Ann French, aged 52, died |n. the hospital to-night as the result- of injuries which she received through being run down by a motor car at Birkenhead last evening. She was rendered unconscious and received a broken leg and injuries to her head. j William James Morley, aged 58, a resident of Mount Eden, was killed instantly I as the result of being run over bv a loaded | lorry. lie was chiving the lorry and lost his balance, falling in front of the wheel. 1 He leaies a- widow and three grown-up ; children. j A. Street, aged 56 years, died to-dav as , t.*.c lcsult of injuries which he received | yesterday, when a iiorso he was driving ; bolted down (Mountain road. J The body of James Maye, a fireman on ; the West Katan, was found floating in the | harbour by a sailor on the Hood. The body j was recovered by the warship's cutter. | A middle-aged man. who has not been i identified, was found drowned at Takapuna ; to-day. Robert Juno, aged 43. was found drowned i on a mud Sat near Papakura. ’ Ma A 17. ; John Andrew lex, taxi driver, was sen- ! fenced _ in the Supreme Court to 12 ; months imprisonment on a charge of j manslaughter arising out of the death of Constable Todd through a collision with | « Chinaman’s cart at Onehunga. A lay 18. A fatal accident occurred in Upper' O ueen . street- on Saturday evening, when Robert : James Broadfoot, "aged 45'years, was run over by a tramcar and killed'instantly. The 1 deceased resided at Manurewa GISBORNE, M.:, v 13. An inquest was held on Arthur Malcolm 1 aged 10 years, who was drowned on May 2. and whose body was recovered yesterday. Alter the evidence of the deceased’s companion. aged nine years, that on May 2 they were on the Waimata River when the boat overturned, the Coroner said there was no evidence of skylarking. Death was due to drowning as a result of a canoe capsizing. lie stressed the necessity of learning to swim before going on the river. , May 18. '•ord nas been received in town that a man named James Alexander Jessup, married. was found dead at Whatatutu with a gunshot wound. The deceased was a dairy farmer and was 43 years of age. NEW PLYMOUTH, Mav 12. Ivy Fraser, the wife of Mr A. J. Fraser, a share-milker, near Rahotu. was found dead tins morning alongside the engine of ' ? milking machine with her head terribly , injured and a wound on one leg. It is thought that the deceased was attempting j to draw- water from a tank over the engine ; when she tripped and fell on the fly-wheel ; or shaft of the engine. The deceased, who was cO years of age, leaves two children T , r Mav 17. In the Supreme Court, David William I Daniel Darragh was sentenced to one : month, with hard labour, for manslaughter. Darragh‘s counsel gave notice of appeal. This is the case in which Miss Gustofsou was killed in a motor accident near Midhirst on April 25. . HASTINGS, May to. Arthur Ivoom. rostß.ura.iit proprietor met with a fatal accident in Heretaunga street last night, as the result of a motor car collision. He succumbed to his injuries this morning. _ His wife is at sea, en route for England. WANGANUI, Mav 16. A shocking fatality occurred at the Patea railway station last evening, a shunter ]•' Fenwick, being killed. The body was very badly mutilated. The deceased arrived from England three years ago WELLINGTON, May 16. A police prosecution in the Magistrate's i 6.011 rt to-day had a tragic ending, when the defendant, collapsed and died soon after hearing the magistrate’s decision. the case was one 111 which the police proceeded against Patrick Cavanagfi, n dairyman, over 70 years of age, residing at Kaiwarra, for rile alleged ill-treatment of a calf. W hen the defendant heard the magistrate (Mr Page) state that he thought that a- conviction would have to be entered his head fell forward on to the table at which lie wag sitting. The defendant was carried out of the court into an adjoining room, and Dr Henry was summoned. In about 10 minutes’ time Sub-inspector Cameron informed the court that the defendant had expired. FOXTON. May 15. A shocking burning accident, of which a child aged one year and eleven months, the onh r son of Mr Alfred Smith, of Harbour street. Foxton, was the victim, happened on Tuesday afternoon. The child fell into an open fire in -a. neighbour’s yard, and was terribly burnt about the face before being rescued. The unfortunate boy was removed to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. NELSON, May 14. Ronald Nelson Thorn, aged 19 years, who met with an accident at Stanley Brook while bushfelling, succumbed to his | injuries at the hospital last night. At the inquest on the body a verdict of accidental death was returned.