A LONELY DEATH.
DIRT AND NEGLECT. An inquest was held by Mr H. W. Bishop, coroner, last night, on the body of a' greengrocer named George Corke, who was found dead at his residence in Elmwood Street, Fendalton, yesterday afternoon.
From the evidence it appears that the deceased, who was about 54 years of age, had been ill continuously and had neglected himself and his premises so that both Avere in a very dirty*condition". He lived by himself in a tworoomdd cottage and hawked vegetables for a living. He would never let any of the neighbours near his premises, and always refused assistance when it was offered.
George Henry .'Jones, a letter carrier, gave evidence that he had been asked by the neighbours if he had seen Corke and when he had replied that he had not he was informed that the man must be ill, as his horse was being ueglected and he had not been seen about. .Witness thereupon entered the house through a window and found the man lying dead upon his bed. Dr Sandstein, who performed the post-mortem examination, said that the lungs were in a condition of chronic purulent bronchitis and emphysemia, and there were signs of old pleurisy. The bronchial tubes were choked and the deceased must have been ill for weeks past. The immediate cause of death was cardiac syncope. A verdict was returned in accordance with the medical evidence.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 166, 19 August 1914, Page 9
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237A LONELY DEATH. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 166, 19 August 1914, Page 9
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