ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17016, 14 April 1923, Page 10

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

DEATH OF WATERSIDER. An inquest was held yesterday into the circumstances of the death of a water.vbler, Timothy Keohane, aged 46. utjwse body wa* found floating :a the harbour yesterday morning. Th* inquest, was conducted by Mr H. Y. M iddowson. Dr Bertram Gilmour *a : x that :her6 were no marks of vfole.i-y or. the body. As a result of r post mortem examination he found that th » lungs, kidneys and liver were in a stat“ of acute congestion. The stomach contents smelled strongly of alcohol. Death w»&. due to asphyxia caused by drowning. It, was clear that the deceased had hardly struggled at all after entering the water. Arthur

alter entering the water. Artnur Emil I Olliver, railway employee, gave evidonca of identification.* -Jam a Lacey, a ship’s fireman on the Wa;heino. stated that he. had met Keohat.a at the Albion Hotel on Thursday and. JaTer on the Wnihemo. they bar r sing-song in the fireman’s quarter*, keohann took his ?ha;e of vhe drink Keohaue ths the op y m an that went ashore. He was »%© to walk. A verdict was returned that the deceas t died from asphyxia through drowning, hut that there was no evidepce to show how he got into the water. ELDERLY MAN’S SUDDEN DEATH. William Ander.son. aged 80. who resided with his daughter. Mr-i Farmer. at 11. Church St roe . Pspanui, dropped dead about 8.30 tl * morning while in the yard at the re-*.-of the house. An inquest will 1 o held. FRACTURED LEG. James Skerrett. fifteen vears age. who resides at 17, King Stree Sydenham, fell from his bicycle at th«* corner of ?-lanehcster and KiJmore streets, as a result of the machine skidding. He war, admitted to the hospital suffering from a fracture of the left leg. INJURIES TO FOOT. Joseph Cox, employed at the Bligh’a Road sub-atation. sustained injuries to his right foot this morning through an electric, transformer on which he was working falling. Cox. who lives at 25. London Street. Richmond. was floated as an out-patienfc at the ho*, pi tel. CRUSHED BY PILLAR. fPrn Press Association.) DAXXEVIRKE. April 14. unsual fatality attendee! the building of a bridge over a stream r.e the rnain Napier road near Makatuku. While engaged yesterday in stripnivg the casing of a green concrete pilln * John Bell, of Whet-ukura. aged 21. met his death. The concrete brrT?c and 7 ce-i. fell on 8011, throsiw hj ra into the stream and crushing hia againsd the timbers of the fonndatio(he pillar crumbled and covered I.ibofiv. which was not recovered til' daylight. John Brown. who wa« assisting »eii. had a narrow escape.