ACCIDENT'S AND FATALITIES.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10538, 27 December 1899, Page 5

ACCIDENT'S AND FATALITIES.

THE SUDDEN DEATH IN MONTREAL STREET. An inquest was ield at the Crown hotel yesterday, before Mr R. Beetbam, district coroner, teaching the death of Annie Davit, aged forty-two ream, who was found dead in i dump of <%'derberry bushes the pwtiiKM day. -Mr J. E. Archbold was chosen fore* man of the jury. The evidence vent to show that the detaased had been kit seen on Saturday night, sleeping under a tol-toi bush on the bonk of the Avon, between the Cashel and Hereford street bridge*. Detective Livingstone stated that tie woman to well known to the 'police. When found, there wire two botth* lying near her head, one smelling strongtr of spirit*. A Solvation Army officer said that deceased had been an inmate of the Home for two months, bat had left in October last Dr. Dβ Renzi, who nude a pott mortem examination, stated that tbt liver and kidneys were diseased, and the stomach perforated by an old ulcer. The cause ol death was acute peritonitis, resulting from tb» perforation of the stomach. The Jury returned a verdict accordingly. SUDDEN DEATU AT WEST OXFORD. A boy named Stanley Arthur Askew, eight jwrs of age, son of Henry Askew, West Oxford, died suddenly yesterday. The cause of death is supposed to be infloenxe. No doctor was in attendanoe, *nd an inquest vIU therefote be held. SUDDEN DEATH AT ST. ALBANS. At 1.30 ft.m. ytetenky, WilUam Henry I«Master, of FiUgerald street, 8U Albane w* suddenly jll Dr. Ovenden was Immediately nununoned. He arrived at 2.30 a.m., ..- «* ta spitepf aU, the man died in hit f(***soe. Tie deceased waa a> carpenter, B/lf yean of ai«, and had for three months ' Mta attended by Dr. Moorhouae for heart ejad lWw diesoeo. A» Dr. Moorhoote defunee to give a certificate, an inquest will be held at the reeidenoe of the deceased at haliP«*t ekven this morning. !■ . Thoaaae Luca», 59 year* of age, was tanwra from his pony cart in Ttaua street JMtetday moming and had one or two ribs njctured. He wae token to the Hospital, <■ wtan kit mjuriw were attended to. 'At Akaro* yesterday, the son of Mr C. «•". of Chrwtehttrch, was accidentally periled off the wharf, but fortunately was wicuedl by a gentleman who climbed down ♦ |«c ami caught hold of him when be came . j* th# tttrface. The boy. who is about Wure years old, wax supplied by » friend *«* a mlt of dry clothes and seemed tt&rng the worse for hk dip.

(NtXM ASSOCIATION TZUtHUK.) „ DUSEDIN, December 26. «r David leighton, chief clerk In the gas «t*rtment of the City Cotfndl, died mid- , ewly from congeetioa of the luagx, follow- «* en an attack of inßuensa. ■*• Yeoman, of the Queen's Drive Boating t«scu«d a boy of eight ywure who had «*ajnto tb* water at Port without being < ***f»d by others. Yeoman jumped in **«« waiting to remove his clothes,