ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 50, 28 February 1914, Page 8

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

[Peh Pkess Association.] Auckland, Febrihli'y Sh ■ j An inquest was held this afternoon I on the body of Lucy Mae Alister, a young married woman; Ivlneh was found yesterday iloating close to the rocks near the Takapuna wharf. The coroner returned a verdict that there | was nit evidence to show how she got | into the water. i Dunedin, February 27. The inquest concerning the death of Peter .Mitchell, a railway employee, aged 70 years, who fell from a railway truck on Tuesday, was held to-day. .John (liidi, who was working near deceased at the time of the accident, said he saw deceased in the act ol falling front the wagon. Ti was de-j C'eased’s duty to cover the trucks, and j evidently as lie was starting to put j the tarpaulin on the truck he slipped j and fell. A verdict of accidental death i from internal hemorrhage was record-j od, no blame being attachable to anyone* i February 27. The Tody of a young inan, believed to he named Revel!, aged about 21, was found on the roadside between Petone and Ngahauranga this evening. He apparently was riding a motorcycle, and ran into a dray standing beside the track. The body was brought into town to await deflate identification. Dunedin, February 27. While engaged at work at Peliehet Bay to-day, Charles Haywood, employed as a yardman by the Green Island Coal Supply Company, died suddenly. Deceased leaves a widow and a grownup family of eight. Dunedin, February 27. William Coutts, aged 74 years, was admitted to the hospital this afternoon suffering from a dose of poison. He died about 3.30 p.m. He was a widower. It appears he informed his daughter he had taken poison, which had been used for killing insects. He was taken to the hospital immediately, but efforts to save his life were fruitless. It is not known whether the poison was taken accidentally or otherwise.