A FATAL FALL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19813, 3 December 1919, Page 8

A FATAL FALL.

LNQUEST ON VICTIM. The adjourned inquest into tho circuaitiaJiccij attending the death oi t:\iiiii jonn ji«jriy, a wonnrian, twentyi.x. jeaia ot ayj, who a .Oil In.st »ett ruHuay as a result oi injuries receiver laiiing ou the Irom tu( toy ox tne now bunuiiig being erectct ioi the Oiinsictiurcu liaumay award 11 Cic.udral square, was heat ait tin Jouruiouae oe*ore Mr S. u. M'Oarthy c.M., jUistnct coroner, this att«rnoon iho deceased, who was a piumoor bi tiaao, re.uueu at iJOii, Kerr's ttoad MUliiigum. Mi K J. G. Stringer, Inspector o Scattolauig, appeared' on behalf of tin Laoour Department and Mr G. T. "\Yes ton on beualt ot the relatives of th< deceased. Thomas Coater Thornton, foreman fo Graham and Sons, the contractors fo the Tramway Board's new building ii Gathedral Square, said the deceased wa m uie employ of Mr Vale, the plural>e for tho job, and on the day of th accident ne was employed in"cutting joist in the building. When wit.nes .ound the deceased on the ground hj Was unconscious and bleeding from th mouth. Ho was then removed to tli iiospit-al. The distance which decease tell was 33ft. An tar ns 'witness kne nooody actually saw the accident ha] pen. (Proceeding.)