CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 4028, 26 May 1931, Page 35

CASUALTIES.

DRAIN WORKER’S DEATH WELLINGTON, May 20. At the inquest into the death of George Andrew Brown, a drainlaycr, aged 32, who was found on April 21 lying in a hole in the road with injuries to his head as the result of which he died two days later in hospital, evidence was given by work men who found him that the deceased bad met with injuries while working in a drain trench 4ft 9in deep in the Lyall Bay parade. There were marks where a motor vehicle had passed over the trench. The coroner returned a verdict that the deceased died as the result of injuries received by being ■ struck by a passing vehicle while working in the road. WOMAN FATALLY INJURED AUCKLAND, May 20. Fatal injuries were received by Mrs Margaret Membery, aged 51, of Auckland, as the result of a motor car capsizing on the Pukekohe-Tuakau road. The driver, Henry Ashworth, and Mrs Membery's daughter escaped injury. The car got out of control on a steep hill and ran into a bank. MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED CHRISTCHURCH, May 20. George Cyril Palmer, a farm labourer, aged 24, was killed as the result of being thrown from a motor cycle when crossing a bridge between Fernside and Ohoka. The cycle struck the bridge and overturned. A FOOTBALLER’S DEATH CHRISTCHURCH, May 20 It now appears that the cause of death of Thomas Charles Bisphan, aged 19, while playing football at Sheffield, was heart failure and not from injuries received. The coroner returned a verdict to this effect following medical evidence, and added a rider that the deceased was playing football at the time his death occurred, but that no fault could be found in the way in which the game was played or controlled. KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR. CHRISTCHURCH, May 21 Mr H. M. Miles, married, aged 73, connected with the drapery department of Messrs- Armstrongs, Ltd., received fatal injuries when he was knocked down by a motor car in Papanui road this afternoon. He was admitted to the hospital unconscious and died at 10.15 p.m. TWO MEN INJURED ROTORUA, May 22. James Reid and Arthur Sullivan were taken to hospital as the result of being struck by timber projecting from a lorry on the Taupo road at dusk yesterday The men were talking to a motorist when the lorry passed, the timber strik ing both. They were unconscious for half an hour, and suffered concussion, broken ribs, and shock. A BARMAN’S DEATH CHRISTCHURCH, May 22. Joseph Fox, a barman, who was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital on May 12, following an accident, died this morning. KNOCKED DOWN BY TRAM CAR WELLINGTON, May 24. Walking across Adelaide road at 6.15 p.m. yesterday, John Deakin, 6 Pugh street, a seaman, was knocked do- >y a tram and received injuries from which he died in the Wellington Hospital ar 8.15 a.m. to-day from head injuries and concussion. Deakin was identified by one of his friends and the police to-day had not been able to find out the address of his relatives. The accident occurred not far from the house in which he was living.

KICKED BY A HORSE A married man named Eric Johnston, aged 27, who is employed by Messrs Spencer and Dunkley, Ltd., was admitted to the Dunedin Hospital on Tuesday afternoon suffering from a fracture of the right leg, received as the result of being kicked by a horse. The injured man resides at Norman street, Anderson’s Bay.