ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Grey River Argus, 21 March 1928, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

RAILWAY PORTER’S FATAL INJURIES. WELLINGTON, March 20. An inquest was held to-day on Archibald James Amundsen, aged 26, railway porter, who received injuries from which he died, when his hut caught fire at Pukerau Bay in the early hours of last Friday morning. Evidence was given by Thomas Garby, railway porter, that he knew deceased used candles and smoked in bed. The Coroner (Mr Salmon) said there was no direct evidence how the hut caught fire but he could assume it was accidental, and would give a verdict J accordingly. OCTOGENARIAN’S SUICIDE. CHRISTCHURCH, March 20. John Ashby, aged 85, was found dead at his home in Addington at 11 o’clock this morning. His daughter left home at 10 o’clock and when she returned, found the old man with his coat over his head in a room filled with gas, and a gas pipe in his mouth. The old man had been in bad health for some time. He left a note saying he could not go on with it. At an inquest to-night, a verdict of suicide was retv’-ned.