SUDDEN DEATH.

Evening Star, Issue 7797, 19 December 1888, Page 3

SUDDEN DEATH.

A young lady named Jane Jessie M'Kay died suddenly last night at tho residence of Mr James M'lndoc, at the Forbury. The deceased was related to Mr M'lndoe's family, and had been staying at his house for some months past. She was in somewhat delicate health, but was in good spirits on retiring to bed last night; but at about half-past eleven o'clock she was heardto be moaning heavily, and on her room being entered she was found to be in an unconscious condition. This she never rallied from, but expired in the soursc of a few minutes. Miss M'Kay was twenty-five years of age. An inquest was held this afternoon, at Mr M'lndoe's residence, before Mr Coroner Carew and a jury of six, of whom James August Wilson was chosen foreman. Evidence was given by Mrs M'ludne, John M'lndoc, Sergeant Macdonnell, and Dr Macpherson. The last-named witness said that

Miss M'Kay was dead when ho arrived. He had examined both the body and the * room carefully, and could not find anything to help him to form an opinion as to the cause of death. There was a little froth coming from the mouth, but no vomit or blood. There was nothing in the appearances inconsistent with the conclusion that death resulted from some natural cause. It was common that with tuberculosis of the lung there was also tuberculosis of the brain, which might cause the bursting of blood vessels in the brain. The symptoms were consistent with death from cerebral hemorrhage. In answer to a juror, witness added that, if there was weakness of tho arteries of the brain, stooping over the bath would be likely to cause rupture of a blood vessel of the brain. The jury returned a verdict of " Death from natural causes—from cerebral hemorrhage."