A WOMAN DROWNED.
OUND DEAD IN A GUTTER. | fat TfiMOItA?H.—PRESB ASSOatATtOS.J"- ' Q <3H»iSTCHxmcn, Wednesday. • I At the inquest on Mary Horse, who was found dead in a gutter yesterday, it -was stated that deceased was liable to epileptic' -; fits. A botcher's assistant on hi« rounds saw her lying in a gutter. Instead of, ;? { pulling her out, he went and informed the V sexton of the Sydenham cemetery, who five minutes afterwards went to the spot, took - her by an arm and lifted her face from the water. He then left her and went and- ' telephoned for the police. Returning to i; the bedy he kept guard on it, and it was stated would not allow anyone to touch it. When a police sergeant arrived the - sexton informed him that he had not taken the woman out of the gutter because she was dead, and it was no good. Medical evidence was that a peii-mortcm ex-; amination showed death was unmistakably due to drowning. A verdict was returned accordingly, the jury adding that the. . butcher's assistant and the sexton ought to hare removed the deceased from the • water immediately they saw her and it* tempted resuscitation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 12661, 15 September 1904, Page 4
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195A WOMAN DROWNED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 12661, 15 September 1904, Page 4
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