ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Evening Star, Issue 20032, 24 November 1928, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

FOUND DEAD IN THE PASSAGE. Dressed in a nightdress, singlet, and stockings, the body of Airs Elizabeth A.I ay Bradncy was found on tho floor of the passage of her house at Auckland by her elevon-year-old daughter on tho evening of November IT. Giving evidence at tlic_ conclusion of the inquest t’io girl said she found her mother when sho came in from playing, and she at once ran to a neighbour. Sergeant Flannigan said that un letter had been found which would indicate that a message was loft for anybody. Detective Kelly said there were no marks which showed violence. Tho husband bad gone to his work at 2 o’clock that afternoon. ■ That Mrs Bradncy died from acute septicaemia, following a condition probably brought about by her own act, was tho verdict of the coroner, Air F, K. Hunt.—Press Association.

BUTCHER’S DEATH. At the inquest on William L. Afoyhin, aged fifty-four, a butcher, who died in tho Auckland Hospital from the effects of poisoning, Leo Moylau, a son of tho deceased, said ho saw his father at tho hospital on the clay after he was admitted. His father told him that he hud taken poison, which ho thought at tho time was a patent medicine ho was in tho habit of taking for his nerves. He' told witness no had been off work for a couple of days , ith a had leg. During that time ho ul had no sleep, and had suffered agony with the wound, which, no doubt, made him depressed. The poison which he had taken was used for dressing his wound. The inquest was adjourned.—Press Association. BUSHED TO HOSPITAL. The Wellington free ambulance made a rush to tho public hospital yesterday to save a life. The patient was J. Sherwood, a widower, aged sixty-two, of 889 Adelaide road, who wan suffering severely from the effects of gas poisoning- When Air J. Contis, accompanied by Mr G. Maxfield, returned to his borne at tho address mentioned, ho noticed a smell of gas, and on entering the rear of the premises Sherwood, who occupied part oi tho house, was found lying on tho floor near a gas ring. All the windows and doors were closed. A doctor was hastily summoned, and after he had given Sherwood an injection tho unconscious man was rushed to hospital. The condition of Sherwood was stated last night to be very serious.—Press Association. GIG ACCIDENT. An accident in which two elderly people were concerned occurred at Invercargill yesterday afternoon. A gig in which Mr and Airs Middleton, of Otatara, were driving was turning a corner when it capsized, apparently as the result of one of tho wheels mounting a traffic dome, nnd"the occupants were thrown out. Airs Middleton, who is 7n yours of age, suffered an injury to her arm, a, cut on her forehead, several bruises, and was severely shaken. She was taken to the Southland Hospital for treatment. Mr Middleton was not injured sufficiently to.necessitate his detention at the hospital. A MAORI DROWNED. A Alaori named Wah» Wai Pangaui, who escaped from the mental hospital on Thursday, was observed sitting on a wharf at Fleiensvillc by Constable Hunt, who asked tho t Maori to go to tho police station with. him. The Maori jumped up and dived into the river. The constable got iifto a punt, hut before lie could reach him the Alaori had disappeared. Tho body was discovered yesterday.—Auckland i vess Association telegram.