ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES
Per Pre« 6 Association. AUCKLAND. May 25. The inquest on the body of the man found drowned at Devonport did not disclose the identity of the deceased. Ths body was evidently that of a labouring man. The handkerchief found on tie body bearing the name "C. Kasper" was proved to be the property of Captain Kasper of the scow Endeavour, but he was unable to identify the body or explain how the handkerchief came into the possesion of deceased. An open' verdict was returned. ; DUNEDIN, May 25. At the inquest on the body of Robert Douglas, aged 67, an unmarried man who died at the hospital as a result of injuries sustained owing to a cart passing f»v t. r hint on Monday, a verdict of accidental death was returned. CHRISTCHURCH, May 26. An inquest was held yesterday touching the death of Rose Christina Mildred Owens, a young married woman, who died in the hospital after sucking the heads of sixty phosphorous matches. The girl previous to her marriage had been in the Teoranga Home, and was of a peculiar disposition. A verdict of suicide, whilst of unsound i»tind, was returned.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13296, 27 May 1907, Page 6
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