ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 950, 18 October 1910, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

'V: AT/THE. MOEGUE.;/'_"■;' ; '■ Mr.' ■'• W. E.; Haseldeni ."District Coroner, held ari ; inquest 'at the 'morgue;on Satui'day. afternoon concerning' the death,;,pf Bayldbri Ewen: ...Deceased. was>ainarried man," aged * fifty^' : residing in:/ Elizabeth StrcetJ.; His -wife had,intended 1 ; going out with him,.oh;.Saturday ..morriirig.' for a .walk, .buti .when"she* proceeded to xall .himi,.'su'e found him dead irith'e.bathroom with'.his throat;cut.■ Evidence given,'at the/inquest was'.to; the .pffect :that. de 7 ceasod, who!; was" an accountant'.by. profession, had'Sufferod from insomnia, following, an attack.'pf.:influenza.-,.;Eeceritly he had "not slept'.at all for several nights,' and'this apparently had; brought on: a fit of depression..,' The'':■ inqubst "was; adjourned from:' Saturday /until!this rooming, so that Mrs..Ewen's-statement:might, be obtained.;:,; ';;;■/ ...;'•-•' '•;::;:■ ; ;

COLLAPSE 'jUNDEE ; ' ./(By. Telegraph—Press 'Assbciatibn.); ... ;;,;;,':;;-;,' .;Ch'r,istchurori,; ..Ootoloer i 17.v„ : -" ■'■ An inqnest was. held- ;to:day;touching the .death of John. Lindsay Squire, who died while :ari .anaesthetic at the hospital.'/. A; verdict was returned that death' was due, to (collapse, - the .Coroner adding that ;had :been done,.no blame resting on,.the surgepris.,' ',-■■ ';'■.; ■'■'■•;■.''' .Auckland,' October 17. ; ; .■:■'• Mr. ..Willi'anij.Pertpr,-aged : 80 years, ;pne of Auckland's: pioneer.'coloiiists,, was'found drowned'at:.Tanpiri' ori; Sunday.;., He' had beeri in bad health'/aid suffering ;froin senile: decay! •■[:■:' '?'.-i y \ y.i"'-' : '- : -':r : ,':-\'