CASUALTIES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18490, 4 February 1930, Page 12

CASUALTIES.

MINER SMOTHERED. By Telegraph—Preas Association. WESTPORT. February 3. Thomas “Snowy” Willman (22), a miner, single, was killed ir( the Cardiff Bridge co-operative party’s coal mine at Mokihinui this afternoon by a fall of coal. He was prominent on the football field. WOMAN MISSING. By Telegraph—Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, February 3. Mrs C. Hooper, Hawera, who was suffering from ill health, and staying with her sister, Mrs D. Dunbar, of Ureiiui, disappeared at 8 p.m. on Saturday. Search parties were out all Saturday night. At daylight they found footsteps cn the river bank. Dragging operations have so far revealed nothing. NARROW ESCAPE. By Telegraph—Fre*a Association. PALMERSTON N., February 3. Mr T. Downing and wife and three children, aged 16, 9 and 5 years, had a narrow escape from drowning in the Manawatu River yesterday afternoon. They were rowing in a flat-bottomed boat, when one of the oars broke. The boat drifted on to a submerged snag and filled rapidly. The occupants scrambled on to the snag, being Anally rescued by means of a rope and raft, Mrs Downing was in the water for tw'* hours before being safely landed on the bank. DEATH FROM BURNS. By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, February 3. David Jarman, aged S years, son of a Hororata farmer, died to-day as a result of burns received from a benzine explosion.

CAR PLUNGES OVER BANK. By Telegraph—Press Association. WAIPUKURAU. February 3. A serious motor accident occurred on the Pulceora Sanatorium Hill yesterday afternoon. A car driven by Mr J. J. Mansfield, a wool sliper. Palmerston North, containing his wife, three children and a niece, proceeding from Palmerston North to Napier, plunged over a 30 foot bank, owing to the steering rod breaking. Mrs Mansfield was thrown through the windscreen, sustaining extensive cuts, abrasions and shock. A daughter, badly crushed about the chest and body was admitted to the Waipiiku'an Hospital in a serious condition. The other occupants are suffering from bruises and shock.