CASUALTIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 4033, 30 June 1931, Page 33

CASUALTIES.

FALL UNDER CABLE CAR WELLINGTON, June 23. ~b t£ ,.l nB near the down-running car on the Kelburn cable tramway after 9 o’clock to-night, Richard Cornish, aged 47, an engineer, suddenly stepped or fell in front ot the vehicle. The car was travelling at a fast speed and was unable to pul) up for some distance. Cornish was considerably mutilated. Death was instantaneous. WATERSIDE WORKER KILLED, iat . NAPIER, June 24. bamuel Mortensen, a waterside worker, -was killed instantaneously by having his head crushed between a bale of wool and the hatch combing on- the steamer Port r airy in the Napier roadstead. DEATH FROM INJURIES. . TIMARU, June 25. At the inquest on the death of Mr H A. Glaston of New Brighton, who succumbed to the injuries he received when with m M, t o r K’ C^ r r h \ w ? 3 drivin K collided with the Fairhe train near Washd’ke on June 10, a verdict was returned that the deceased died from the effects of laceratmn of the brain, no blame being attachable to the driver of the train

GUNSHOT WOUND IN HEAD GISBORNE, June 28. aii th ? s morning Bert Albert Arnabaldi, a middle-ageJ farmer, who has a wife and three children, was tound near the railway at Matawhero with a gunshot wound in the head. It is believed that Arnabaldi was out shooting and was about to cross a railway gate when the gun went off and he was accidentally shot. The victim was removed to hospital in a very serious condition. KILLED BY ELECTRIC SHOCK . WELLINGTON, June 27. Working on the wet floor of his gara-e at an electric lamp bracket, the wiring of which he had apparently installed himself, Apostle Lambert, of Knox street. Island Bay, received a shock which must have killed him instantly. A general warning to the public against interfering with electrical wiring was given by the coroner (Mr T. B. M’Neil) at the inquest to-day. He pointed out that the Linesmen’s Registration Act provided that no person should do any electrical work unless licensed, and there was a penalty of £2O for a breach. The evidence showed that the wire used was old and defective, that it was fixed to woodwork with galvanised nails, that it was exposed to the .weather, and that water must have got into the lamp socket. The deceased was apparently trying to insert the lamp at the time of the tragedy, and the earth floor was very wet. A SUDDEN DEATH CHRISTCHURCH, June 27. Francis William Richard Woodford, a single man, aged 50, a company secretary, collapsed and died while visiting friends last evening. An inquest was opened thia morning, and was adjourned till a postmortem has been made. TAXI DRIVER FOUND UNCONSCIOUS John Belsey, a taxi driver, was found unconscious in the back seat of his motor car, which was standing in Bauchop street, Dunedin, at 11 p.m. on Saturday. The car was first noticed by a policeman, who, on investigating, discovered the injured man, who was suffering from a wound on the head. He was taken to the Hospital for treatment and was still in a somewhat serious condition on Sunday night. It is understood that nothing had been stolen and no definite reason for the man’s plight is apparent. Belsey is a married man, and resides in York place. FOOTBALLER INJURED Robert Watson, a single man, 20 years of age,.residing at 37 Fingall street, South Dunedin, was admitted to the Hospital at 4.45 p.m. on Saturday suffering from head injuries and slight concussion. The injuries were received while he was playing in the Rugby football match Pirates v. Alhambra at Culling Park.