WATERSIDER'S DEATH
FALL IN LINER'S HOLD VERDICT AT INQUEST [nv TEr.EfiRArn —press association] W ELLIN' a TON, Th u rsrl ny An inquest was held to-day concerning tho death of James Driver, aged 55, single, a watcrsidcr, who died on September 26. Driver fell in one of the holds of the Awatea, and there was a question whether his death was a result of the fall or of a stroke.
Tho coroner, Mr. 10. Gilbertson, found that death was the result of a stroke, being accelerated by deceased striking his head in falling.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22539, 2 October 1936, Page 14
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