ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23717, 26 January 1939, Page 16

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

WOMAN’S BODY FOUND THROAT SLASHED WITH RAZOR (Per United Press Association) ROTORUA, Jan. 25. The body of Eri Hapeta Hemana, aged 39, married, and the mother of three children, was . discovered this afternoon lying in some scrub near the Atiamuri road about five miles from Rotorua. The woman’s throat had been slashed with a razor, which was lying near the body. The discovery was made by a Maori girl, Ngatai Maka, who immediately communicated with the police, The v/oman lived in a house about 20 chains from where the body was found. A note, apparently left by her. was discovered in the house. FALL BENEATH TRUCKS BUSH WORKER KILLED (Per United Press Association) ROTORUA, Jan. 25. Donald Ewen Morrison, aged 62, a bush worker and contractor, was killed to-day when he fell beneath a rake of trucks at Mangorewa, near Rotorua, where he was engaged on bush contract work. Morrison was apparently riding on the bogey of one of the trucks when he fell off and was struck by the wheels, suffering fatal injuries. The trucks were derailed bv the accident. DEATH OF CHILD •; OPERATION IN HOSPITAL An inquest was opened yesterday before the coroner (Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M.) on the body of Alan Malcolm Cameron, a three-months-old child; who died in the Dunedin Hospital on Tuesday following an operation for a hare lip. Sergeant Johnsen conducted the inquiry.—Evidence of identification was given by Alan lan Cameron, father of the deceased, who resides at 84 Queen street.—Mr J. A. Jenkins, who operated on the child, said that the anaesthetic was given by Mr John Ritchie and the operation was completed without difficulty, the deceased’s condition at that stage being satisfactory. While the operation was being dressed the deceased stopped breathing, although his heart continued to beat, but , artificial respiration failed to revive him.—The proceedings were adjourned sine die to enable a postmortem examination to be made, FOUND DEAD IN HUT Hugh Ross, a single man, was found dead in his hut in Bruce road, Mosgiel, about 10.30 yesterday morning by an officer of the Mosgiel police. No inquest will be necessary as death, it is stated, was due to natural causes.