A FATAL FALL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15273, 13 October 1911, Page 7

A FATAL FALL.

INQUEST UX C. J. A VERS. An incptest was hold at ilie Hospital yesterday, before t.ho coroner (,M r C.' I.traiiam). i»lo (.he circuHisianccs Mtrroundinp tho death of CJiarks .lohn Ayer.s, who mot with an accident. at Hudson's biscuit factory oil S-ept ember 21. Avers was workinp on a ladder, twhen a runt? broke, and procipjuitfd him on to tho odi-e of a trolly. Ho died at tho Hospital from ids injuries on Monday last. Jlr llanksn np|>ea.t'ed to represent- Hudson and (,'o., and Mr Calkm for the relatives of tho deceased. Siutionsorgeant King 1 represented tlio police. Robort Walter Edgar, lioitf-o surgeon at the Dunedin lloypit.il. said that, tho deceased was taken to* tlw Hospital on Sep. to'.nbcr 21. ITo was then snlierinß from shock, ami witiirt-'s was .civrn to understand that, he liad fallen from a ladder, lie was put under l)r Stanley Batc.helor's rare, and on examination it was found that he had lieen severely laeeratcd about the abdn. ran. Tho patient progressed well until the 7th inst., when hi' sltowed symptoms < f (iistnatir.n cf the Ixwel. On the fStli tlieio wore hirtl>.c-r liad symptoms, and rn Monday, the Sf.h. it w.-is deemcx! n<tvifabio to have the patient tended on. l)r Newlands performed the- operation, awl found complication.';, rendering it n"fCfsarv to cut. out a piece of tho bowel. This wis accordingly done, and the patient was te> turned to the ward in a collapsed condition. Ho d:od at 11 a.in. the following day from iiitest.inal obstruction and shock. Tho handle of a hand-truck would have caused tho injuries received.

To Mr I'.ill.m: 110 thought- had boon brought in first about 5 p.m. Arthur Durant. Hudson, of the firm of Hudson and Co (I (d.), bifpilit manufacturers. til,'it tin." dtVensed was a workman in his .employ. On Septosilxr 21 do. ccnsed wont up .i bidder to replace a. belt Chat liad ooine oft' .1 pulley. The ladder wat; il mov.il)io wooden ono bclowTing to Turnbtill and -Tones. M had been loft ihero after tluit firm had been Working on the lift. Mo cue rcemwl lo havo .Ten t.lio accident. l)c----cfnscd carae out of the building, .nid slid to witness, "I have burst myself." Ho said li« was cominp down tlic ladder and it broke, and he " landed on the truck." Witness ctamincd him, Font lor n rah, anil had him pent to the Hospital with ono of tho clerks. 110 found that tho third ruiirr from tho bottom of the ladder had Riven way at ono side, and was resting on the t*ennd bottom ono. It. wa.s jxirt of the de. ceafcd's (iuiic3 to replace tlio bolt if it slipped.

To .Mr Ilnnloh: Thoto was a loose jnllley if thfty wanted to ritop 1J» mnoliine. Wit-r-vs saw iho j-oim;' man several limns lit the Hospital, mid kid n conversation with liitii nlxml thn nrridont. lln said ho had pono tip fo replace the bull, and in wmitiß down, when near the bottom, the ladder hrokt l . lio nl ho had neithor jumped nor fiiHe.n, bill ha/1 "fort of steniwl" off it and landed on tlio truck. Tho third rm'iß would 1» nlxiiit 2ft. 61 n or 3ft. from th" rwuiuL Hn fi:iid ono of Iho olJht toys had loft tho tniek thorn.

To Mr (,'alian: When wtfoifss von I. in Iho Iruek had b?on removed. Tho ladder had Ivon there sitieo Turnhull and Jofins had siailcil to eroi't tho lift, and Uio.v wm* no| tiiiito fitiishrd ye' Thono wure nlv?;it a dozen poorilo wfiiliimr to fho spot whom lliu awident occurred. Tlio firm's own ladder was in Iho Kimo do.nariirxiil on the <hv of tlw accident.

To Stnti(iii.«!r,'o-.iiil. Kinu: H«lh han.llr; of th(i truck weru worn fmni coiiitaiit use, and were minted.

Mary Ann Karinor, mother of Iho dewised Irf a fornifir litifl.und, (,'avr eviclcni-' o! idimtilir-alion. Dwisisod v.715 27 ycors of iiKO last JutKV, and lud had s+rons, health. Ho Iml liom alxml H years in llniL-on's oniploy.

Tlio ( Vironor suiij lio had porfivi]y undor?(ood tiro <l*>fcriptinn of }kkv t,|m aorideiit ttßnrrcil. .and ho could cnjr.o to ixi other conclusion Hint; that tho omirn'iKc was purely ncciVu'nUl. Tho of ;i Ml. «!f a pulley was a very «;intn.->n thine, ami it eocmed it mis jpari of tho diw-wvl's cirity to roplnco it. The ladder was fvvidnntly not a find <m.\ md tliis no tloiibt tlio ouso of t.!u> luX'id- r'it. I'lvri'yjlirn L » scented to li.w bwn for fjfo< dwimsnl that could lave irrpTi dime. Ik; would record tho cause of. <].nt:h as being fIiocI; fr«Jni internal injuries received by luridrtitnlly fnlUnrr on tlio handle of a triirl;. llf did not think any bf.iino could ho said to attach to anyone in Ite waUw. It wis idivayfl irapoKiiMp to toll \vhr:t iho romlition was of tlio runi;s of a. ladder.