A STRANGER'S END.
The inquiry concerning the fate oj '* Taff" Mills, whose death aboard fa] ferry boat Maheno is reported elsewheri in this issue, was held before Mr H. A| Young, 5,.M., this afternoon, Station-i sergeant Mills representing the pol.cjei The medical evidence showed' that' de ceased was suffering from inflammation ol the sac of the heart (pericarditk(. and there were the of pleurisy ir both lunge. The man had probably baer ■undergoing 'starvation for sorne time, c.nd in his devitalised state a small thing wo old kill him. The verdict was heart akease : death geing accelerated, by starvation tnd cold, ' '
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Evening Star, Issue 14035, 16 April 1909, Page 8
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101A STRANGER'S END. Evening Star, Issue 14035, 16 April 1909, Page 8
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