CORONIAL INQUIRIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17145, 26 April 1919, Page 9

CORONIAL INQUIRIES.

RAILWAY FATALITY. ! ENGINEDRIVIR EXONERATED. The death of Mr. George Sidney Conner, who died at the hospital on April i j 4 as the result of injuries received through ■ I being run over bv a tram at Newmar--1 ket, was the subject of an adjourned in--1 ' quest held yesterday by Air. J. E. Wil'son S.M. "The evidence of a fellow'i worker at the market workshops was i to the effect that on the afternoon of the I fatality deceased complained of feeling | ill His appearance when leaving work was that of a drunken man. rut witness : knew he was not drunk. Tins was borne out by inouiries made by the police. Tne coroner's finding was that the injuries re- ! ceived were through having been run over by a railway engine at the King street crossing. A rider was added exonerating the driver of the cro'ne, and stating that deceased walked in front of the engine while suffering severely from influenza.

DEATH OF A CARPENTER. 9 RESULT OF HEART FAILURE. ; At an Inquiry concerning the death of Mr John Francis Hamon, held before :Mr J. E. Wilson, S.M., yesterday, a t verdict of heart failure was yreturned. . -|? ; I Deceased, a carpenter, was working on ;;;: Thursday al a house in Norfolk Street, ;|^ Ponsonby, when he expired suddenly. He ••: had previously complained of pains in the - . chest, whi-:b ho thought were due to indigestion. . ' ' " , ■ • *■<£&#: