TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1496, 14 January 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

flimi nl'K OWN i;i>lt|{KSl'OM>KNl'. ' Auckland. 13. Tn formation reipecting au extraordinary ■•icurreiioe trans]>ir«-t at. the meetiui; of r!i-« llus])ital Coinmitto^ yesterday afteriioi), when the meinl.ers of that body were elcctrifie I liy receiving a requisition i'rom tlie house steward for the provision •f lightning rods for the hospital. Th« i'tia-tun for the lequest was that a patient ha I been sfruok deal by liijlitnincj last 'Sunday fortnight. As this was the first intimation either the Committee, the press or the public, had received of the occurrence the astonishment of the C<n«tni'tee. was quite natural. Ou turning up t '.o report of the house surgeon it was f mud that the death of a patient named S >a^(», from concussion of the brim, wa'i m ■•ntiano-l. A >V«/* reporter, wh»>, has milrt eii'iuirios from Dr Bond, the hospital surgoon, and was also present at the in -etuis; of the committee, has ascertained that S|ta?»>> was under troitnent for e<z 'tna, an 1 that he was als > sufTurim, f • >ni h^art disaase. It anpears that on tie day in question Spago was sitting in the ward near the window when there ca ie a iniyhty flash of lightning?, and be dro >ped back d«-ad. The Dr stated he hid not the slightest doubt but that th« ca* ' was one t>f death from coiunssion of t >•* brain caused by lightning, though thera was no mark on the body, «r on tho portion of the building. No p<t-.t mortem or inquest was held. The Hinemoa is at Waiwera. T>iforniation from an authoritive S'.urce states that the decision now rests with the H"ine Government with whom the AgentGeneral is in communication The result is being awaited. Wbilixotox, 13. The plans and specifications for the first sections from each end of the Morth Island Main Trunk Railway are now i»i such a forward state that it is expected the PuMie Works Department will he in a position to invite tenders for their construction early in February.