DEATH IN HOSPITAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 196, 1 June 1946, Page 3

DEATH IN HOSPITAL

SHAREMILKER INJURED IN APRIL (P.A.) AUCKLAND, May 31. A sharemilker died in the Auckland Hospital as a result of injuries 'suffered in an accident on a farm in the Jordan Valley, near Hikurangi, on April 20. He was Thomas Buchard Coulter, aged 42, a married man with eight children. Coulter was driving a horse-drawn sledge when it overturned. He was admitted to the Whangarei Hospital, but Avas transferred to the Auckland Hospital three days later. FATAL INJURIES DRILLER'S FALL IN QUARRY (P.A.) AUCKLAND, May 31. Fatal injuries were suffered by a machine driller when he fell down the face of a cliff while Avorking in the City Council’s metal quarry in Mount Eden. He was Walter Morgan, aged 32, a married man, of Nelson Street. Morgan fell a distune of about 20 feet on to the boulder-strewn floor of the quarry and suffered a fracture of the skull. He was admitted to the Auckland Hospital in a serious condition, dying an hour later. DEATH AFTER FALL FROM CHAIR (P.A.) AUCKLAND, May 31. A woman, aged 82, Avho Avas admitted to the Auckland Hospital early on Monday morning after she had fallen from a chair at her home, died tonight as a result of her injuries. She

was Mrs Eve Eliza Ayling, of Ponsonby. Mrs Ayling suffered from a fractured right hip. She is survived by her husband.