ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES A FRACTURED HIP

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23016, 20 October 1936, Page 11

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

A FRACTURED HIP

Jane Herd, aged 67, residing at Merton. suffered a fractured right hip yesterday morning when she fell in her garden. She was admitted to the Hospital at 10.45. FALL DOWN SHIP’S HOLD John Crow, aged 36, residing at Beach street, Port Chalmers, was admitted to the Hospital at 9,28 yesterday morning suffering from concussion, received when he fell down the hold of the Rotorua. FATAL FALL FROM TRAM (Rer United Press Association) „ AUCKLAND, Oct. 19. Head injuries which proved fatal were suffered by Norman Matthew Bryant, a salesman, single, aged 24, a ? J. he r , falling from a tram at Parnell. His parents live at Hamilton, where he was a member 'of the staff of Tisdall’s, Ltd. Before being transferred to Auckland recently he won the Waikato badminton doubles championship. ; / He was secretary of the Waikato Lawn Tennis Association and the Waikato Badminton Federation. CHILD KILLED BY LORRY (Per United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 19. Henry Thomas White, aged four years, a son of Mr William John White, of Colombo street, was killed instantly early this afternoon when he was struck by a motor lorry driven by Henry Alexander Purvis. It is thought that the boy ran round the back of a tram to cross the road, the lorry being unable to stop in time to avoid him. MINE WORKER DROWNED (Per United Press Association) GREYMOUTH, Oct. 19. James Douglas, aged 40, single, was caught in a rotating slack washer in the Blackball mile, and was found drowned this afternoon. i INQUEST AT LUMSDEN WOMAN FOUND DROWNED An inquest into the death of Mrs Isabella Beck, of 183 Caird street, Dunedin, was held at Lumsden on Saturday morning. Mr C. G. Macauley, J.P., acting coroner, presiding. Constable Thompson conducted the inquest on behalf of the police. The evidence was that the deceased, a married woman aged 45, had been in ill-health for some time. She suffered from insomnia, dizziness and occasional lapses of memory. On the advice of a doctor she proceeded to Athol on October 3 and lived with her sister, Mrs Callander. Acting on the advice of her doctor she was to take long walks and plenty of rest. Under this advice she was making a good recovery, i On Thursday afternoon she returned from a walk, stating that she felt much better, and after tea she decided to go for a ten-minute walk. She was then in a normal state of health. She failed to return, and search parties were formed. At noon the following day she was found drowned in about nine inches of water in the Mataura River about one mile from Mr Callander’s home. It was assumed that she suffered a lapse of memory and wandered aimlessly on, thus losing her bearings. The evidence disclosed that she had sat down on a small bank near- the water’s edge, and probably through exhaustion or a heart attack fell into the water and was drowned.

The acting coroner returned a verdict that the deceased was found drowned in the Mataura River at Athol on October 16, there being no evidence to show how she came to get into the water.