FATALITIES

Grey River Argus, 11 August 1925, Page 2

FATALITIES

OLD MAN POISONED. GISBORNE, August 10. J. S. Robison, an old age pensioner, lied at the hospital ns tie result of takin ga liniment i.i mistake for cough mixture. TIRED OF LIFE! WIIANGAREI, August 10. “Tired of life, nothing to live for. — Robert Seland Bowman,’’ was the text if a farewell message found in the room of Dr Good’s gardener, single, it Whanf/arei, on Saturday afternoon. A search revealed Bowman hanging lend in an outhouse, with an empty whisky bottle close at hand. Deceased previously had shown signs of mental lepression, and once declared his tentio.i to commit suicide. At the inquest, a verdict was returned that death was due to strangulation, RESCUED FROM A POND. HAMILTON, August 10. A young man named McColl, who had been out of work for some time, .vas rescued from a pond adjacent to the river, in a state of collapse. He was removed to the Waikato Hospital, WOMAN’S THROAT CUT. HAMILTON, August 10. A married woman, the mother of children, was admitted to the Waikato Hospital suffering from a severe wound in the throat, supposedly self-inflict-ed. Th e woman had been in indifferent health for some time. Iler condition is somewhat serious, but recovery is expected.

.CHILD’S DEATH. TE AWAMUTU, August 10. At the inquest yesterday concerning the death of a child three years old, the finding, in accordance with the medical evidence, was that death followed an acute attack of infantile paralysis. The child came from Auckland a month ago, staying with friends, 28 miles out i.i bush country. Constble Doyle stated that on Friday he received advice that a suspected case of paralysis had occurred, and the parents’ financial position was such that they were unable to seek medical attention, nor could they get a conveyance to remove the child from the back-blocks. He communicated with the Health Department at Hamilton, and was advised that instructions would be sought urgently. Up to the present the Department had failed to give any instructions. The police, on their own initiative, arranged for another settler to bring the child in and for a doctor t ogive it attention, but death occurred before such help could be given. The Health Department took no action whatsoever. ■WELLINGTON ACCIDENTS. WELLINGTON, August 10. Four persons were admitted to the hospital, as the result of accidents during the week-end. Richard Goss was injured on the face, through falling in' th e street. David Boswell, a shunter at Thorndon Station, crushed a hand between the buffers of two carriages. Lucy Kershaw, of Brooklyn, was knocked down by a motor-car nt Lambton, and has an injured head. Ethel McArdy, of Adelaide Street, suffered a similar injury through being knocked down by a car near her home.