CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17645, 23 December 1922, Page 11

CASUALTIES.

SUICIDE. An inquest concerning the death of William uaiilie, a wiuovver aged years, a painter by occupation, wiio was round with Ilia tnroat cut on Tnursday nigiit, was held by Mr H. Y. Vviddowson, (Joroner, yesterday. Ldith iviary Taylor, daughter of defceasedj said he had resided with his nephew Harold Baiiiie Gilchrist. 45' d River road, lie had lately, spent a fortnight in hospital owing to stomach troubles, and had seemed a. little depressed. H. Gilchrist said deceased had enjoyed excellent health up to Carnival Week,' when he had developed a cold and later stomach .trouble. At times he had seemed downhearted about his illness. Witness left fofc -work at 7.15 a.m. on Thursday, when Baillie seemed to'be normal. When hecameback ats.l4p.m. witness found the place locked' up. After tea he went to a tool shed to get a garden fork, and found deceased lying with his throat gashed and a razor alongside him. Deceased had never said anything about suicide . or being tired of life. The Coroner returned a verdict that death way due,.to a self-inflicted wound. Deceased had been in a depressed condition owing to illness. SCHOOLMASTER'S DEATH. Robert McSporran, schoolmaster, Tuahiwi, was found about 8 o'clock yesterday morning with his throat cuf;, a razor being firmly clenched in his right hand. Deceased was. a married man 41 years of age with a family of four children. He had been recently suffering from gastric influenza. An inquest was held at Tuahiwi before Mr Wyvern Wilson, District . Coroner, when a verdict was returned that deceased committed suicide whilst in a state of mental depression. / , When getting out of a spring dray yesterday, a single man named R. id. Sawtell, living at Breeze's road, Aranui, slipped and fractured a thigh, necessitating his admission to the Hospital. A boy named F. Cusack, seven years of age, residing with his parents in Hereford street, was knocked down by a motor-car at the corner of and Cashel streets about 5.45 p.m. yesterday. He was admitted to the Hospital suffering from cuts on the forehead. (press association telegram.) PALMERSTON NORTH, Dec. 22. James Groves was run over by a motor-car at Ashhurst this morning and expired through head injuries at the Palmerston Hospital at 3 p.m. It is believed that deceased was married and aged 47 _ years. He . formerly resided at Palhia/tua, tout was travel-stained in appearance, and apparently had been on the road for, some days. . NELSON, December 22'. At Kiwaka, Herbert Atkins was thrown out of a hay cart by the horse bolting, and the wheel passed over his body, causing fatal injuries. He leo-o-os a wife und four young children.