ELDERLY MAN'S DEATH.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 152, 27 June 1914, Page 5

ELDERLY MAN'S DEATH.

An inquest was held at tiie City i Morgue, this morning by Mr. F.V. Fra/.ev. S.M.. on the body orT.obrrl Brown, oged 72. who was found dead in bed at a boarding house in Grry Street on Thursday night,. Dr. 1". W. King stated that he Lad performed a poot-mortc-m examination by direction of the coroner. There were no external marks of violence. The lungs 'were congested and the cavity of the chost '.*"'-- full <>J fluid—-there must have lioen at least two quarts. This showed that the deceased had been .suffering from lung trouble and pleurisy. The heart, liver and kidneyt- were also affected. The specific cause of death was failure of the heart. Kate Brown identified the -bodr as thai of her fatber. She bad last Veen I hiiu alive about nine an«nths ago. I Sarah .lenkins. keeper of l.i" boarding- ' j house, said thai the deceased .urnplained , of a .-..'1 ..ii AVeiinosxl'.iY. and sai,| thai he bad been advised Lo go to bed b y a ohoini-l who hail fri'- en him some to"di-I cine. Witness, attended to Ji'un from i time lo lime. U:ii on going into tho room, at 7.:iop.in. on 'rib.ursu.iy she found that Erown was, dead. Tiie coroner found tha., death was dinto failure of the heart suiicrvciiing on pleurisy.