VERDICTS BY CORONER

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26263, 7 November 1950, Page 9

VERDICTS BY CORONER

THIRTEEN INQUESTS CONCLUDED Thirteen inquests were concluded yesterday before the Coroner (Mr Rex C. Abernethy) and one was adjourned for further evidence. Sergeant L. P. Ricketts conducted proceedings for the police. Verdicts returned by the Coroner were : Henry Alfred Cox, aged 72, died between June 29 and July 3 at the Styx river, Brocklands, the cause of death being probable accidental drowning, but the actual cause not being ascertainable. Evidence was given that the boat used by Cox was found adrift on the Styx river on June 30, and Cox’s body was found washed up on the beach at woodend on July 3. Eileen Rose Foley, aged 35, married, died on July 28 from cardio-respiratory failure due to subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by blows inflicted >y her husband, Owen Patrick Foley. .Edith Emma Rebecca Mutch, aged 66. married, died on April 6 from heart failure. Accidental Fall Robert Frank Foster Brand, aged 32, • carpenter, died on July 27 from cardiorespiratory failure due to hemorrhage and injuries to the brain suffered in an accidental fall from a building in course of erection at Sockburn. Elizabeth Collins, aged 86, a widow, died on March 2 from Injuries suffered in an accidental fall. Maude Fuller, aged 72, a widow, died at Prebbleton on August 9, the cause of death being suicide by hanging. John McNamee, aged 66, retired postal official, died between July 15 and 19 from acute hemorrhage due to rupture of the aorta. Albert Howard Free, aged 70, retired farmer, died on March 17 from acute heart failure. Alfred James Hartop, aged 62, retired engineer, died on September 1 from carbon monoxide poisoning self-adminis-tered while in a stgte of ill-health. Reginald James Richards, aged 67, college principal, died on July 16 from heart failure. w Dudley Christensen, aged 36, died on August Z ll from peritonitig. Injured in Collision Atlas Richard White, aged 70, a pensioner, died on July 21 from cardio-re-spiratory failure associated with contusions and oedema of the brain resulting from injuries received in a collision between the bicycle he was riding and a mo torr truck driven by William Joseph Glasson. Evidence was given by Glasson, who said he was 16, that he was driving his employer’s truck along Marshland road about 6.30 p.m. on July 18. He was in second gear crossing the bridge over the Styx river, and heard a scraping sound. He stopped the truck, went back, and found a cycle on the road. A man was then found lying on the embankment. Evidence was given that it was a dark night, with a little fog. Bevan Douglas Keith, aged three days, died on June 20 from asphyxia brought about inadvertently while feeding. Adjourned The inquest into the death of Harry Stephen Foster, aged 50, a rabbiter, was adjourned sine die for evidence to be given by the Government analyst. Foster was found dead at Windwhlstls on April 3. Dr. A. B. Pearson, pathologist, said that in his opinion death was due to asphyxia resulting from barbiturate poisoning. Sergeant Ricketts said extensive inquiries had been made to find the source of the barbiturate from which Foster had died. Foster had not been attended by a doctor, so did not get the pills from that source. Witness had been unable to find any trace of Foster obtaining the barbiturate from any chemist.