ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Evening Star, Issue 23527, 16 March 1940, Page 14

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

KICKED BY HORSE. An unfortunate accident occurred at Hindon yesterday when Leiia Tobinsou, a two-year-old child, was kicked by a horse at her parents’ home. The child was admitted to the Dunedin Hospital at 9.45 last night suffering from abdominal injuries. INJURED CHILDREN. The two children, Kathleen Lowe and Leslie Stevens, who were injured when they were knocked down by a motor car near the Normanby Hotel on Wednesday last while crossing the street, are reported to be making favourable progress. RADIO ENGINEER’S DEATH. An inquest was held this morning by Mr J. (R. Bartholomew, S.M., concerning the death of Frederick Stuart North, a radio engineer, aged 42 years, which had occurred yesterday. Sergeant C. D. King represented the police. The body was identified by George Westland Ferens, who had known deceased for the past 20 years..'. Dr E. R. Harty said he had examined the body at deceased’s workshop, 215 Moray Place, and, in his opinion, death was due to asphyxia following gas poisoning There were no marks .of violence.

Arnold Fraser Grant, manager of the Grant Electric Company, said that he had occasion to go to the premises occupied by the deceased yesterday afternoon. The door was locked and witness smelt gas. He entered by a window and found deceased on the first floor. He was sitting on a box with his head over a work bench. Over his head was a covering of brown paper, while a gas tube led from the main, underneath the paper, to the deceased’s head. He appeared to be dead. The gas tap' was turned on full, Witness last saw the deceased alive at about 10.30 yesterday at witness’s office. To a ouestion as to how he was. deceased had replied that he was feeling “ awful.” He appeared to be depressed. During the last few months deceased had been worrying about bis business, and had been drinking considerably.

Constable J. Foster also gave evidence. The Coroner returned a verdict that death was due to asphvxia following coal gas poisoning self-administered while in a depressed state of mind. SOLDIER GRAVELY INJURED Grave injuries to the head and laceration of the brain were' suffered by a soldier, Private Patrick Wentworth Linton, aged 22 years, when his motor cycle collided witli a telegraph pole in Brook street. Nelson, last night. No other vehicle was about when Linton was found, and the cause of the accident is unknown. His condition is critical