CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16411, 3 January 1919, Page 7

CASUALTIES.

INQUEST. • At tho Magistrate's Court yesterday Mr S. E. McCarthy, Coroner,< continued his enquiry into the circumstances surrounding tho death of Ruby Ferguson, who died in the Christchurch Hospital on December 30th a§ a result of injuries caused by a motorcycle accident on December 16th, when she fell from a side-car outfit driven by her husband, W. J. Ferguson. Dr. W. T. Glasgow stated that deceased's right leg was fractured and an unsuccessful attempt was made to reduce the deformity of the bones. Deceased was perfectly well, and her heart was sound. At 3.30 a.m. on December 30tli Mrs Ferguson died suddenly, the causc of death being fat embolism, i.e., a small piece of fat from the seat of the fracture lodging in the lungs. A verdict in accordance with the medical evidence was returned, and the Coroner added that there was no evidence of negligent driving on tho part of W. J. Ferguson.

A tliree-year-old child named Norah Margaret Bates, died suddenly at her homo 0:1 the .New Brighton Esplanado, on Tuesday evening. An inquest was held yesterday before Mr S. E. McCarthy, Coroner, and a vordict was returned that death was duo to heart failure. A man named P. Edmonds, of Kaiapoi, injured his right shoulder yesterday through a fall from a trap. He was standing in the vehicle and clipping a live hedge. The horse stepped forward, causing him to lose his balanco and fall. He was attended by Dr. Crawshaw. who ordered his removal to the Christchurch Hospital. (tress association telegram.) TDIAIiU, January 2. When the train from Fairlie arrived at Mawaro siding this morning, the guard found a boy, eleven years of age, named Brosnahau, lying at the side of the line with one leg almost severed. After applying first aid, the guard brought the boy to Timaru, and he was taken to the hospital. The boy had gone to the siding alone, and it is presumed that he had been amusing himself by starting the trucks, and as the line has an inclined grade, he would not be able, to stop one once it was in motion. The little fellow bore his injuries stoically.