ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 933, 28 September 1910, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

''::■:■.- INQUEST bN; MRS.'MARTIN. '. t ';■■'. 'An-inquest on the :body.of Mrs. Eliza- '..'•: ,beth : Conolly Martin, which was found on the: rocks. at - Lyall; Bay on Monday, was '■ held .by Mr., W.. R. Poseidon,; District ."Coroner, at the. Morgue yesterday niorn- \ rag;.' "Evidence was given that the. deceased was. 67 years.of "age, and had for :.'6oiue time, lived" with•' Mrs. Kate Greenfield at. No. 9 Crosby.Terrace.. Her hus-' .band,'. Captain "Martin, : is at present con■'."fined,:in.a" mental': hospital in England! ■■. Mrs/ Greenfield, stated' that Mrs. Martin was.often depressed;' On Friday,Septein- '■■., her' 23, she- had left ; ; her room without ■"''' eaying where she was going.; She had had some drink,.but;wasJquite sober. That vs;as the. last seen of her., Dr. Fyffe'testi- . fied that the deceased '} bad died from . drowning'.-..'Mr. C. H. Izard, solicitor'for Mrs. Martin, attended the inquest, ajid 6tated.-that. he had .£ 1000 belonging to , the .deceased in . his. keeping. A. verdict -'. of accidental, death was returned. ■.: '-: ■/. CUTTER' CAPSIZED.V '/ .■ ."''' ; : IBy '-Telegraph-Preßß Association.). •:>:,;: :': Auckland, September 27. '. The cutter, Clarence capsized yesterday ifterncon- at the mouth of. the" Thames' , River, There were four men on the '■vessel;'- Two, Harris and Wilkes, reached the shore after a hard swim, but the others.Uohuston, and Clark, wore at first reported as missing. A subsequent'-report states that four ;■-,.:-men from the cutter.Clarence were com- .'- tug ashore in:a dinghy when it capsized. ...Harris and -Wilkes swam ashore, aad ■.Johnston and Clark were picked up by a launch, and :brought to Thames. The 'police , sent-.out search parties,' but the men camo to the police this morning and reported all safe. .