DEATH BY MISADVENTURE IN GAS POISONING CASES
(P.A.) Auckland, July 23 "I am afraid these are only two more cases of death by misadventure from the effect of the temporary shortage of gas in Auckland,” said the coroner (Mr. A. Addison) when concluding inquests into the deaths of two people who were found dead in gas-filled rooms in Ponsonby and Herne Bay on June 21 and June 20.
They were Richard Francis Hammon, labourer, aged 51, of St. Mary's Road, Ponsonby, and Mrs. Eva Garnett, domestic, aged 50, of Herne Bay. There was nothing i* either case to indicate they had meant to take their own lives, and all the circumstances pointed to accidental death, said Mr. Addison. It was very easy to leave a gas tap on when the pressure went off, and then forget about it. Mr. Addison returned verdicts of death by carbon monoxide poisoning following accidental inhalation of coal gas in both cases.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19470724.2.50
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, 24 July 1947, Page 5
Word Count
157DEATH BY MISADVENTURE IN GAS POISONING CASES Wanganui Chronicle, 24 July 1947, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in