ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
Per Press Association. Christchuroh, January M. An inquest was held to-nigb>t ccw.cerni»g the death of Willianl Scott,,. who was found dead at ths Terminus Hotel -on Sunday morning. A verdict wtas returned that the man committed sudciSe by taking phosphorus while in a state of., unsQund^niind, brought about by excessive drinking. The jury " added -a rider that they considered grossest neglect had been shown by those who "saw the man immediately before hist -death, in not calling •in medical assistance. ' Dunedin, January 14. Eacha«l 4 Sullivan, aged six, died in! the hospital this morning as the reJ suit of an abrasion on her arm, whicli caused lockjaw. Asbburton, January' 15. An" inquest t touching the death ol Mrs W.'Jaine. who died suddenly at Wa?erton was afdjesurned to allow of a n analysis of the contents of the stomach. • '
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13373, 15 January 1907, Page 4
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141ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13373, 15 January 1907, Page 4
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