CASUALTIES.
A Masterton wire states that a nnm named Timothy Hogan was the victim of a shooting accident at Admiral Run yesterday. He has been removed to the Greytown Hospital in a critical condition. It appears that his mate, a man named Dew, was letting down the hammer of a Winchester repeating rifle after loading it, when the weapon exploded. The bullet entered Hogan's right shoulder, passed through his spine, and lodged in his left shoulder, causing paralysis of the body below his arms. There is not much hope of the man's recovery. Hogan was inside a whare when the accident happened, while Dew was outside, the bullet passing through the wall. -Evening Star, 27/6/1904.
There is now no hope for the recovery of Timothy Hogan, the victim of the Admiral Run shooting accident. The Coroner, Mr W. P. James, proceeded to Greytown to-day, and took the injured man's depositions. In his statement Hogan attached no blame to Dew, and regarded the affair as of a purely accidental nature. -Wairarapa Daily Times, 29/6/1904.
Timothy Hogan, victim of the Admiral Run shooting accident, died at the Greytown Hospital yesterday. Mr W. P. James, S.M., proceeded to Greytown by the first train this morning to hold the inquest. Deceased's depositions were read, and evidence was given by James Edward Dew (who was holding the rifle when the fatality occurred) Ernest Baird, W. H. Pain, and Dr. Bey. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased was accidentally shot, no blame being attachable to anyone. -Wairarapa Daily Times, 1/7/1904.
The remains of Timothy Hogan, victim of the Admiral Run shooting accident, are to be taken to Southland for burial. -Wairarapa Daily Times, 2/7/1904.
THE WAIRARAPA SHOOTING FATALITY.
DEATH OF A FORMER RESIDENT OF WAIRIO.
A SAD OCCURENCE.
(from our own cqrrespondenx.) Wellington. The sad shooting accident that occurred on the Admiral Run, Gladstone, Wairarapa, resulting in the death of Mr Timothy Hogan, son of Mr W. Hogan, of Wairio, has already been announced in your columns, and some particulars of the fatality will be of interest to the many friends of the deceased in the Wairio district, where he and his brothers are well known, and where deep sympathy with the bereaved was felt.
Deceased was shot on Sunday, 26th June, and died in the Greytown hospital on Thursday, 30th June. Dr Bey had the deceased under the X-Rays and located the bullet, but as the spine was injured, there was no hope of recovery. To have operated on the patient would have been useless. On July 1st an inquest was held at the Hospital, before Mr James, S.M., coroner. The evidence given was as follows:
Thomas Edward Dew, sworn, deposed that he was a laborer lately employed by Pain and Co. at the Admiral Run. Pain and witness arranged to go shooting last Sunday. Pain cleaned the rifle and asked witness to load it. It was a Winchester magazine rifle. It held twelve cartridges. Witness loaded the rifle. Witness was standing outside the chimney of the galley. Pain was within a yard or so of witness. Put in eleven cartridges. Witness stated that the rifle was resting on the lodge of the cooking galley chimney. The chimney was constructed of galvanised iron. After he put eleven cartridges in he opened the lock to put in another cartridge. The hammer of the rifle had to be placed back. Witness shut the breach and was putting the hammer down for safety when the gun went off. The muzzle was pointed towards the chimney. Witness had the rifle in his hand when it went off. Did not know whether there was anyone in the galley. After the gun went off, witness ran into the whare to see whether anyone was hit.
To the foreman: Was not sure that anyone was in the whare. Saw deceased lying on the ground. Saw deceased picked up and carried outside. When he saw deceased in the whare he (witness) said, “My God! I’ve shot him.”
William Henry Pain, contractor, stated there were about 30 men in camp. Deceased was among the number. On the morning of the accident was cleaning his rifle outside the cook’s galley. Dew and witness had arranged to go pig shooting. After cleaning the rifle handed it to Dew, was about 10 yards away when Dew was loading it, heard report of a gun. Saw Dew put down the rifle and run in the galley. Witness followed. Saw Baird holding Hogan. Heard Dew say to deceased “are you shot," but did not hear any reply. Corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. Dew was very much upset. He stated that he would sooner have shot himself than any other man. There was no quarrelling among any of the men. They were all on good terms.
Ernest Baird, labourer, sworn, gave corroborative evidence. Smith, Brogan, Fay, deceased and witness were the only ones in the galley at the time of the accident. Dew was terribly excited after the accident. Dew and the other members of the camp were on the best of terms. It was the happiest camp witness had ever been in.
William Bey, medical practitioner, in charge of the Greytown Hospital, deposed as to deceased being brought to the hospital on Monday, 28th June. Found him suffering from a bullet wound. The mark of entrance was on the top of the right shoulder. There was no mark of exit. He was suffering from paralysis and was paralysed from the nipple downwards, also complete loss of sensation. The cause of death was the effect of a gunshot wound. Examined deceased by means of the X-Rays. The bullet lodged in the left shoulder. To have tried to extract it would have caused death. Witness could trace the course of the bullet. Had extracted the bullet. The doctor showed a photograph of the bullet lodged.
The depositions of deceased were taken, and in these he exonerated Dew entirely.
The jury, after consideration, returned the following verdict, that the deceased Timothy Hogon had come to his death owing, that on the 26th June, he was accidentally shot by one James Edward Dew, who was at the time loading a Winchester repeating rifle, and which accidentally discharged a bullet into the shoulder of the deceased, causing paralysis, from which wound he lingered until the 30th June, when he died from the effects of such wound.
On Friday last the remains were conveyed to Wellington, en route for Wairio for interment in the Wreys Bush cemetery, the funeral taking place on Wednesday.
Says the Wairarapa Standard: — The friends of the late Timothy Hogan speak in the highest terms of praise of the medical and nursing staff of the South Wairarapa Hospital. No pains were spared to give the wounded man every attention. -Wairarapa Daily Times, 8/7/1904.
Accident at Drummond.
An accident, with fatal results, oocurred at Drummond about 3.30 p.m. yesterday, a young man named Stephen Hogan, 23 years of age, and a son of the well-known Wairio family of that name, being the victim. Deceased who held a gravel contract from the Wallace County Council, was working with a mate in a gravel pit at Drummond, when a bank of gravel which they had undermined, fell on him. His mate had his back to Hogan at the time, and hearing the fall turned immediately, and saw Hogan almost buried. He set to work and got him out, and Dr Gow was sent for, and on the latter making his examination, he found that deceased neck and several ribs were broken, and his hip injured, and he considered that death had been instantaneous. Hogan was a hardworking young fellow, and a popular athlete and footballer. An inquest is being held to-day at Drummond before Mr Jno. Fisher acting-coroner. -Otautau Sstandard and Wallace County Chronicle, 11/2/1913.
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