ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
—♦ — ; INQUEST AT WAIIIOA. N (Bt lELEOl'.APil—pniiss ASSOCIATION.) " Walroa, February 27. Evidenco at tho ■ inquest on ;J. Sfachin,' who cut his throat' at ; Lake House with a razor : and pocket-knife, showed that'deceased suffered intense pain, supposed to be' due to asthma,, but really owing to angina pectoris. A verdict was, returned that death. was caused, by a wound, selfrinQicted, while doceased was not responsible for his actions owing to' aciito pain. ' ' ' . ACCIDENTAL DEATH. Taihapo, February 27. At tho inquest-into the death of H. Johns, who was killed in the Taihape tunnel, a vordict of accidental death was returned. JUMPS DOWN A WELL. (BT TELEGKAI'II— SFECIAI. COItIIKSrONDKNT.) Feilding. February 27. John Hood, late of Lake Wakatipu, committed suicide, at Rangiwaliia yesterday afternoon; by putting a windlass rope round his nock and jumping down a well.; At the inquest a verdict was returned that deceased had committed suicido while temporarily insane.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 133, 28 February 1908, Page 6
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