ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6487, 16 May 1899, Page 1

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

The peculiar : death of a schoolboy has been" reported to the coroner, says the Dunedjn '" Star." William Joseph Green, €iged ''eight. years, living with. Mr J. W. Roberts, storekeeper, opposite the Botanical Gardens, left his home on Thursday morning to attend the George Street School. At; about ten o'clock he returned to Mr Roberta's place and complained of a sore heel,' on which there had been a blister for a day ,or ; so. The lad also said that he .fell..'dqwn : ; in ! Duke. Street while playing' with some other boys. He was put to bed and showed no signs of being ill at that' time. The following morning, how-' ; ever, he ; became unconscious, asd his temperature rose very Irish on account of his ; being in a feverish state. The assistance of; [Dr Riley Avas at once procured, and subsequently Dr Barnetf was also called in, but the lad never recovered consciousness; and ; died ju .the. afternoon. There vras no sign bf> injury about, the boy?s l>o<3y 7 ' a^part froni a .blister »on his heel, Mid,> al- ' though the cause of death is at present un-'r accountable, itis'thou'fetit that acute blood poisoning may have .been .responsible for the, lad's sudden end. (A post-mortem examination revealed the' fact that death .was due to tseptic enteritis.) Search for the body of B. Catlow. who was washed off the main .jijharf at Timaru on Saturday," was continued on Sunday and yesterday, but without success. He was a good swimmer, and must have been half stunned by the blow of the wave, or by being thrown against the wharf as he -went over.