Accidents and Deaths

Southland Times, Issue 10965, 16 February 1907, Page 2

Accidents and Deaths

Per United Press Association. STRATFORD, Feb. 15. Nows was received this afternoon that Richard Can tell, a young married man, residing at Inglewood, was killed through Hie horse Joan falling with him while competing in the Cup moes at Whangamomona to-day. CHRISTCHURCH. Feb. 15. Oocil P. Gibson, a young man employed at the D.1.C., who originally came from Bolton, England, left for Springton yesterday morning to attend the firm’s picnic, but became ill and was removed to the Christchurch hospital where he died late last evening, supposedly from poisoning. He had served in the South African war and had suffered from malarial fever, being delicate. An Inquest was opened this afternoon, but was adjourned in order that an examination of the body might be made. AUCKLAND, Feb, 15. At an inquest touching the death of the infant son of Gertrude Svsan Siangan, who, it will bo remembered, recently sued a gaol warder named Wrack for maintenance of her child, which died shortly before the close of the police court proceedings, the medical evidence disclosed that death was duo to failure of nutrition, brought about by ••.onstitutional defect or defect of nourishment.