SUDD DEATHS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13694, 10 March 1908, Page 4

SUDD DEATHS.

The police were informed shortly before 10 o'clock yesterday morning that a man named Edward O'Driscoll had died suddenly at his residence in Grey-street, and that Dr. Owen, who had been called in to attend him, declined to give a certificate of death. Deceased is said to have been suffering for some time past from the effects of drink, and was unable to eat any nourishing food, while he had done no work during the past 18 months. Dr. Murphy had attended him live times since Christmas, but as he (Dr. Murphy) is at present on a visit South, and unable to give a certificate, it will be necessary to hold an inquest, which will take place to-day.

An elderly woman, Margaret Eyles, died suddenly in Lower Queen-street yesterday afternoon. Deceased collapsed on the footpath, and Constable Scanned picked her up and carried her into the Thames Hotel, where she expired. As Dr. W. S. Brockway, who was attending deceased, has given a certificate of death, an inquest will not be necessary.

An inquest was held before the City Coroner (Mir. T. Gresham) yesterday regarding the death of John D. Norris, a young man, who had been employed at the Royal Hotel as a waiter. Dr. F. W. King, who made a post-mortem examination of the body, stated that death was due to hemorrhage of the lungs, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly.