ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 16326, 23 August 1913, Page 12

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

DEATH FROM BURNS. [Per Press Association.] August 22. At the inquest touching the death of Violet Rose Campbell, who died as the result of shock from burns, it was stated in the evidence that the deceased had threatened to take her life. On the night of the fatality she came to her husband with her dress wet in front, and then went out of the room. Her husband followed and found her with her clothing on fire- At the hospital her husband asked her: “ Did you do it?” She replied: “Of course I did. ” She told Detective Lewis that her clothing caught fire accidentally. The Coroner found that death was due to shock from burns, tlie evidence not disclosing sufficiently whether her clothing became alight accidentally or by the deceased’s action.

[Per Press Association.] GORE August 22. Robert Duncan, a single man, aged thirty-four, was found shot in the forehead on the bank of the Mataura River- at Mataura this morning. A discharged riflo was at his feet. He had been complaining of feeling unwell lately.

[From Our Correspondent.] WAIMATE, August 22. A serious trap accident occurred on the Gorge Road, Waimate, about one o’clock this afternoon. Mr John Briggs, fanner, of Wailiao, accompanied by his wife, was driving into town in a light two-wheeler, when tho pony bolted and both occupants were thrown out. Mr Briggs was not seriously hurt, but Mrs Briggs was picked up unoonscious, with the base of her skull fractured.