CASUALTIES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 18 November 1924, Page 5

CASUALTIES.

SHOOTER LOSES HIS ARM. By Telegraph—Press ' oiintioii. OAM AD \ Nov. 17. ,’v man named Colli.. Kurow, while out shooting on r lay, lmd his arm shattered hv it gun lie carried accidentally di.v ■i-ig. He was removed to the Oru 'ospital, where the arm was am He is progressing satisfactcrd . BOY DROWNED. . By Telegraph—Press Association. INVERCARGILL, Nov. 17. John Brass, aged 15 years, was drowned in the estuary on Sunday. Bathing with two others, he got beyond his depth. Another youth narrowly escaped, being rescued after a ’.struggle, by Stanley Porter. Neither boy could swim.

STREET FATALITY. By Telecranh—Pr-«7 Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 17. Hector McDonald, 13 years, was run over by a horse and waggon at noon, and died in the hospital. His parents live at 307 Cashel Street.

DEATH .FROM SCALDING. By Telegraph—Press Association. GISBORNE, Nov. 17. Ethel Marjorie Peach, an infant of 15 months, was fatally scalded at Whatatutu, through the upsetting of a teacup of boiling water. SUICIDE BY GAS POISONING. "

By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, Nov. 17. Albert Edward Jngiis, married, 4o years, was found dead in a flat at Devonport, with his face over a gas ring. H© had been suffering from msomnia, Ihe effect of war injuries.

MOTOR-CYCLE ACCIDENT. By Telegraph—Press Association. ' GORE, November 17. Edwin Spiden ,a single man, 20 years of age, employed at the Pukerau Dairy Factory, was thrown from a motor- cycle through his coat becoming entangled in a wheel. He now lies ni the Gore hospital in an unconscious state with a fractured skull LAD BREAKS AN ARM, A lad named Jack Cremin "had the misfortune To-fall from a tree in Kuottingly Bark, AVaim,ate, on Sunday, and sustained a.. broken arm. lie was conveyed to theipublic hospital, where he is progressing satisfactorily. SHOOTING ACCIDENTS. There were two shooting accidents in South Canterbury during the weekend— one in Tinipru and the otliey , ;at the Opihi River. LITTLE GIRL'SHOT. At the Opihi river a little girl, about five years of age, daughter of Mr C. Porter, of Timarh, was playing oh the anglers’ reserve, when anothor child, a little hoy, looking at two rifles which "eie strapped to a bicycle, .‘(one 'of them loaded) suddenly decided to pull the trigger of the ,loaded rifle. The result was .‘ ap explosion and the bullet struck the little girl in the calf of one of her legs, ajid came out at the knee. •First aid was v promptly rendered, after which the ihjured child was brought into Timaru,. where she was attended by a medical man. The wound bled profusely.

AIR EATON INJURED

j The other accident was more serious. ! It occurred oil Sunday morning in Eliza- ; beth Street,*'Mr Lionet. Eaton •, being I the victim. If appears that two Tads 'were shooting at a tin' with a rifle, I )n Mr Eaton’s back yard, and not i knowing what was going on Mr Eaton rival keel round his house and into the | yard when'he was struck by a bullet, ] which entered the thigh of his left lee. |-Three doctors were summoned, Mr ! Eaton being removed to Nurse Lyall’s hospital, AVai-iti road, where the bullet was located with the aid of the Arrays, but efforts to recover it proved futile.