INJURED TWICE IN DAY

Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1930, Page 7

INJURED TWICE IN DAY

TRAGEDY IN AUCKLAND HOME. FATAL FA'LL OVER BANNISTER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. Suffering from injuries received in two successive accidents, Arthur John McGuinness, aged 38, was admitted to tlm Auckland hospital on the evening of August 19 and died the following i'...y. McGuinness was knocked down by a motorcycle in Karangahape Road early in the evening, and later the same evening he fell over a stairway railing at his home, lauding heavily on the floor below. The inquest into his death,-was concluded before the coroner, Mr; F., K. Hunt, S.M., to-day. The widow, Mrs. Jessie McGuinness, said she saw her husband in a shop shortly after the accident. Lat- he was able to walk home with assistance. Mrs. McGuinness was unable to get the injured man undressed,- and later found him lying unconscious at the foot of the stairs. In Mr 4. McGuinness’ opinion, he had apparently tripped and fallen over the bannister railing. In the opinion of Dr. Murray the cause of death was haemorrhage With fractures of the pelvis and spine following on congestion of the'brain and fracture of the skulk The fatal injuries were received through the fall over the balustrade. He had had a good chance of recovering from the head injuries received when he was knocked down by the motor-cycle.

The coroner said he was satisfied- the cause of death was as stated by Dr. Murray. The evidence did not satisfy him that the motor-cyclist was negligent.