ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15273, 13 October 1911, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(Pin Unitkd Pkkss ausocutioh.l AUCKLAND, October 12. Miss Fisher, aoou* ou years ui ago, boarding at U rat ton i\:<ud, was rcceiw,i inU) tlio iiosp:uil tliis morning iroin lysol iwitoning. cuo uicd stmrt.iy ;il tcnra.it.j.

tlio body of tho boy Ken Holy, who was (Iro.viKxi whiio liattiing in tlio Waikato Kiver on Saturday, has liven lound oil a SiillUlKilik ai;out tnroc miles below lluntiYGltKi' .MOt/l'il, UCIOIKI- a.' All inquest was J:citi to-lay bv the district oiroiicr touching tlio dcaui of Jeremiah U Ivccfe, who died suddonly at Omoto oh Tucsiny. tli« evulcnco snowed that tlio deceased iiiid a (o in J .:i n :on bad participate*! m a triemlly struggle, after which tlw doceased was aitackod by a fit ol coughing Ulld vomiting, llie oviUonce of J)r Moulin, who made a piwt mortem examination, was to the- ellect that the heart ediowod siylis of laity inliltration, while the uppur jxi rt of t.iio lwly was greatly congested, and in such a state that any violent exertion would cause death. Tlw coroner returned a verdict that death was duo to heart diicaso. Ho was perfectly satisfied that there had been no rough play. -VASKBV, 0.-tober 12. An inquo.it was held to-day befoto .Mr H. I'. luder, J.P., and a jury of six (Mr Janus Dawson, foreman) fuelling tho death of Jonathan Dcnniston M'llvoy, v.lio was brought into Nasebv Hospital yesterday in a stato of collrvptx- Formal evideneo "was given by .him* Fleming D'Midley, hotelkeeper, Constable Leintu, and "Thomas Ingram, tho latter having been with dceoasxl for the last week. Tho evidenoo showed that deceased was a native of Liverpool, where ho had a wife and son. Ho was formerly a master mariner, and was engaged at. various sheep stations in Ola,go in repairing horse covers and harness lbwas about 60 years of age. and was ad diu-.-d to <lrin!(. I)r liillio held a jx>st mortem examination. Tho stomach showed inflammation, that the liver was cirrhotic, and there was pneumonia of tho right lime. In hi.s opinion death was duo to pneumonia aggravated by exposure anil drink. Tho evidonoo indicated that deceased had apparently fallen down a 6ft bank, and lain on tho road all night. That was Iho probable eamo of the bmisw on tlio fr.ee. Tho juryVverdict was that death was duo to pnoumonia aggravated by exposure.

A rigger namod lvdward Olsen. employed by the I'nion Company, sustained painful injuries whilst assi-ting to stack 50.r.0 timlwr in the company's yard at Port. Cli.iltiipis on afternoon. Ily svrtno moans lv> fell from Iho slack, which was rcarly 12ft high, and attained a scilp Mound and bruises whioh will probab'.v incapacitate liini for a oouple of weoks. ■lames Gibbs, one of Mrs rs Stevenson niul IVok's omnloyivs, luul ono of his feet, cru-hrd yesterday morning whilst, working in the fitting shop, 110 was assisting his mates to shift n heavy iron bar, and ono oi!<l cf it struck his foot in failing. Ho was remov-d to his homo, where his injuries were attended to.