CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11508, 14 February 1903, Page 9

CASUALTIES.

An inquest was held at the MOTRW k| v yesterday, Delore Mr R. Beetham, 4 district coroner, touching tfao death of David Aubrey, who was reoentiy found drowned in the Heathoote river, Mr 8.. R. Whale wae forenian of the jury, and ths j witnesses examined were Mmb Aobr*y> WilttHn Fabian, Albert Marshall, and Viastable Bradley. The evidence adduced coinoided with the details of the affair «s pre-, viowly published, and the jury wtnmeffl a verdict of euioide while temporarily ia J sane., ' ' " A man nun«d William O'Hawj who ww engaged in blasting operations on 'tfc»j railway worke at Staircase Gully yester* day, had: th«v misfortune to receive « <shag* of dynamite in his dace. He suffered rather eerere injuries, and was brought w* the Chrietchurch Hospital by the evening! train from Springfield. *.* A young lad, who, "with others, wm , playing with a cartridge in Timaru yerteP*, , day, had otte of hi* hands eeverly skai*, tered by the explosion of the The bullet struck the roof *of a hotae <**• by where.the boys were playing, +, j th* inmates a shock., ' . | • An inquest will be held at two o'cMcJf! this efternoori, concerning the death of*' woman who died in the Hospital yesterday,, (now ABMounox tblkobahs.) j, •. INQLEWOOD, February 12.; v A nsety aocident happened to ft taractiJM 1 engine driver named Irvine this morning. He wee greening*stone qroenw woridng•» - Ngatoro/ when hie dothes caught on Vfir main spindle and earned him round aertiWi timea, truieing Wβ face cod tody W. badly. He only escaped when evwy stttefe of dfothing wee torn off. H* w** brought into town, and Dr. H«*ding atm. edhim. Heetateiithfttfl<m»oftheirood« r l are serious, but unless unexpected oooiMM oatkKW set in, his oonditwwi i* not WW eerily dangerous. ' r "- -1 FEILDINO, rebrnajjr 12T A fatelacddent happened at FeUuing t&k morning to-a'•boy, , -aged *leve», Mr A. J. Arnola, fanner, Boanyibcejw l The father left tha'boy eitting fea afttsiwinr a few moments,vend toe hanfo bolted. To* ' ' boy was thrown out, and got caught in rae wheel and then .lambed against a fenoe. '"Be was much mangled, and died in ten mitmtM. , NAPIER, February •»£. . A tuOm serioiM eocidevt hat eremtig, when a ldttfe boy, watf W*v Rer.. J. A? Aeher, Presbyterian ministlsr, . while playing with some companion?;, M over an embankment about 30ft deep, rins* ? ing the ground.with bis head. He suffered! a eerious fracture of the akuD, oeoessjMtistfi a surgical operation to remove portionsf« the efttU wbioß were preestag on the Kate.. - At present the little Wlow is doing M wsUj as could be expected. \