A FATAL ERRAND

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 105, 6 May 1931, Page 11

A FATAL ERRAND

MR. PINHEY'S DEATH

BLOWN' INTO THE SEA

;:.::Ijbaving;;his?iibinb'!at;;;7,;:pim April- to-takei; a.; candle; -tb;,a; ■neighbour,-! WiHiani (SeorgbSPiriheyj'^w^ ,Wellingtptf :business';:man, J was; not again. .!until !;his' bodyiwas/fbund^flpat-, ing,in:theVwater^ear.tlib;Seatpun?^ on!!.:29thvyip^il.!;^Jtt'''- an;? inquestijheld; ■:tP-day!;'!the % Cbrbner<::' (Mr;s:;il.';;;:Salelcj-; ■JiPO^saM^heroywas'^hb^evidericp''^ show libw:;<Mr.:':;PinhpyJcanibKtoi^bb/in; the ; :water.:;! ■ "There Hs.H viddhe'e,'';: cbii^ tihue(l.!thp,: ; Goroner,iv"t.bat.:,;theV;T3lectric;' -ligU.t;failed'bri tjipfnignt";he-ilisappear.ed; ilrt;-Pinhb^,:!rputK;of^ tb;;';vhis! :!i:(Mr^' ;B.'::;Ariders.ori)^;Vwith wh bniclie,-^as; bn : /v;isiting;:tbrnisy; ■thdti/he;!; might;^ :li:oyvqy<|r,-;: aiudvlef t?:his;;home;:Jtb''scpVMr. lA!nders'dn :;'and,i^akb;'l over,] spme^bandles];; 'Tli 0 ;';'night .swas j' ■ extpomeijr;.{g^ty;.s.-in:' fa;c^';-:;,qhb;i-;p'E^t'wb?^ red; in;th e^ci'tyv :;;;,Evidently;''Mr^5 Pinhey; was;;*bipwn;.jj,erpss 'tthe;;;.rdad!;;.intp;A;;the, ,^ater.H-?:V '«^;:f.!!-;v'.*?:-jv[--;vj^^ EWNIi"» GOING-'OXXT/'f; ; W'jofe ,-!Plnhey^^ ::Pinhey^!!/gavei;v eyideiice; 'of'JVitl'eiitifiear; !tibn^; :and-*i!;saH^ £pr.ihis ::fatlief:3eaying";:'thb; : ;;houso:;'jwas:, that-; hb' wished ,;!!t!b ,;t ake;: ; a •> caudle' ipyer ' tp! ?Mr>- !;;Aiiderspriv;- t sp;!j;that ; s !his ■ :-,i}liottsp'' would iipt;jbbJ^thd : ut!'jight^;hHe3*iyeiit. puti almost: fimnibdiate]^!; :af t eriithpvejec:: ■ trie1.-;liglit'!had;!f ailed.!,!; 'f-{^), J-;/^,,-fc!■!•;"■!'';:i; :irMr;:i;BbriifaciuS master/liyirigfat' 71, iDundasjstreet, !SeaV! t bun,!;; said - thatv! Mi.] \Einhey, 'whq ,-iwas;;. ih;;the;!;:habit:;;bf Vvisitingjhimj pecasipnT; allyyiniightSh^ oh ;:the^:.night!:\:he>j;!,!disappearbd.^!: l !/rhe; •\vdSther;!:was;-so!;wildi:and : !stormy;.,^ thoiwtness-wo^d^ptJhaveiheard'him if;he;-had;:knpcked.^;Thp;:'frprit;gate!:'of; witness's)house; opened;!^tb: the?seay-but tlie vback 'gate,\through: which; :Mr•- Pin-; Hey! would; prpbablyhaveEntered, \opehj eclf in tp;! Duridas: ; str 'b'bt. '.■■'■Noti receiving aiiyl.! reply ;:t o:;:':his;;!;khpck,-?; Mr j; : Pinhpy, might hayo!!walli;ed;around;;tb;thb ;frbnt; of ;;the.;house." ■ At;'highi;tide ;the-;.sea; was abontJseveritJy;or;,eighty! |eet;frbm; .thb^ouse.-! $; ,■■:■;;;,;. ;;;!■; •;:.;,-;;:;!>!, i,;;-':--!'.;:' ?-^ f::^'\ ■ 'yffi': i^'piFFiCULT-x-FObTiire'V;: '% m): ;!by^lr^M; J.;Crombio,i who: ;appeared.';fbr:;:the v ; relatives1 off the: deceased, 'the ;>svitness, said;; that | a imai; walking".-along! the!.seafront ;might"readily; have 1 been: blown , into; the >vater.' When-; witness walked, along !the beach later' that!! night i, he ■ had? .difficulty ;in. keeping his feet.: -.. ■;;',i:-- ;;;:';..:;■.■;-;■:',;;; .:; .;.;■: \ !' The : Corbner ! aV;finding: that the"'• deecased! 3 : wa!s';fdunclK drdwiibd 'an. 29th !April;' therei;being! no evidencevto: shbw:how.:hei!camo!'to:be in the7'water. 1-;