INQUEST.

Evening Star, Issue 11680, 12 February 1902, Page 4

INQUEST.

An inquest was held by Mr Coroner GraJham and a jury at 9.30 a.m. to-dajl into the cause of the death of Mary Henney, who died suddenly yesterday. The inquestwas held at deceased's residence in Russell street, and Mr P. M'Guiro acted as foreman of the jury. Henry Albert Henney, compositQr, son of deceased, deposed that he resided with his mother, and that she enjoyed moderately good health, but occasionally complained of pnin in the side, and was subject to bilious attacks, bnb had h3d no medical attendance for a considerable period. She wa« fifty-seven years of age, and a widow. Ho saw her yesterday* morning, at 7.40, and slie was in her usual health when he went to work in'town. Deceased got his breakfast ready, and made no complaint. She was troubled with shortness of breath at times, and was afflicted with bronchitis.

Duncan M'Donald, dairy farmer, Anderson Bay, stated that yesterday morning about 8.15 he wad in Russell street, and saw deceased lying on the footpath outside the gate of her house. A man came along at the time, and he and the stranger went tip to deceased. They found her quiet, but gasping. Mr James and others came out, and they carried Mrs Henney into her room and laid her on the sofa. Sne was sfill gasping. Mr James telephoned for the doctor and for her son.

William Evans, medical practitioner, said that he attended deceased at 8.15 a.m. yesterday. He found her to be quite dead. The body was warm, the lips pale, and over the right temple there was a cut. The cut, he thought, was probably caused by a fall on to the edge of a step or something of thai) kind He was of opinion that the deceased's death was due to heart failure.

A verdict of death owing to sndden failure of the heart's action was returned.