A LABORER'S DEATH.

Mataura Ensign, 15 May 1912, Page 2

A LABORER'S DEATH.

CORONKII'K I.\( ( )i'KST. An i'!fiii("-t was held yoslerday after--11!; :• i :it tlit'' (lore ('ourl'mibe recsirdinii the sudd: ii <!' ;ii!i ol James Milne.', which tin;!; near tin' Pyramid Sitlinir the !"'• * day. Mr H. A. Vouiiff, S.M., 1 alone, Akwandor Yminj:. Farmer. ~f Pyramid. e\ iden-e t;i tli" oIFe-ei. t!:at deased had been v,For hint For :ri ;:;t o;;.-)r. we'eks. Dnrin-r that time Mi!;:e d;d not eomp'ain of be ; ner ill. He "as called t!ii> previous day to see Milne. who was on tlis- straw .stack at toe i r,rc•l ii ll'r::i 11 on witness' Farm. Ho i'mnd eh ceased to !)<< dead. Ho was over HO years of a;ie. i 1 el ward J. Hroii"!' -.aid ho was workin'.!: with a tlirosliiiHi-mill on Monday. hoimi; oirio!o\ ;'d on a <--traiv stark nitli .tiiltie. Ho (ioti"od deceased leanin l / on bi:, Fork Witness ak;-d liiai if lie wore ill. and lie replied: "No; onlv a lot £xid(!y. I oftrii e'f't like this, but T have not had a turn for a lonn time." Witness sent for the oncine-driver (Kennedy) to take .Milne off the .stack, but Milne declined to ■;<>. He said lie would .sooner lie there, and that lie would lie all r;>_clit in a minute or two. Kennedy asked Milne if he would like a drink oi water, and Milne replied "Xo." Witness and Kennedy laal Milne donn on the .stack. About, two minutes lates lie yawned, and witness lilted up his head and asked if he felt any worse. Millie, did not reply. Millie had boon in yood health. Ann IVtor, (Jure, said .s!ie recognised the body oF deceased at the (ieiiv .Morgue as that e>F her l)rother, Jauie.i Milne. He was a native l of (.'rumnieind, Aberdeenshire, and had been in .Ww Zealand about ;{t) ye ar.s. Deceased was OS years oF aye. Constable Slinillor said In* brought tho body to (iore. It sheuveil no marks of violene-e. J)r Koyers stated that lie had examined the 1 body and bad found i:ei external marks eiF violence'. He' held a r.ost iuorti'ia an:! found the I::I)!o;k! vessels diseased, especially those of the brain. Ihe heart was much enlarge.d and tlie veins thie'lu'iie'd. In his opinion the cause of death was .sudden Failure e>f the heart. The ceirone'r returned the lol'.nvinix verdie't, "That .lames ?\iilne e-aaie' I v bis di'iith hv sudden failure <>t the heart's action."