ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
BARRER FOUND DEAD IN CHAIR. PRESS ASSOCIATION. _ ■ WAIHI, December 2. Gcorcre Smart, hairdresser and tobacconist, wa? found dead in a chair in his sateou.; His premises had been close aup for two days, when tho police forced an cii> tranco last nightA The circumstances of the death are not rightly known, ru “ police are investigating. Deceased leaves a widow and young family. DEATH FROM POISON. AUCKLAND, December 2. Richard Ratcliff©, an elderly man was found dead iu bod at a boardinghouse wm a •■half-cmptiod bottle of carbolic acid near his bedside. Tho. landlady last evenjng made demand for payment, which Ratcliff© apparently had a difficulty »n meeting.
DEATH FROM HEART DISEASE. CHRISTCHURCH, December 2. ’ At the inquest on Thomas Mitchell, who died suddenly on tho Opawa tram last night, tho police report stated that do. reared was boliorcd to be a-broker, of Elliott street. Auckland. Tho coroner re* turnod a verdict ol eath from heart disease.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7301, 3 December 1910, Page 1
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