A Distressing Oase
{Per United Press Association). PiXMERSTOIT N-, April 23. Charles Hood, penniless, friendless, and an asthmatic cripple, was sentenced to-day to three months' imprisonment in Wanganui Gaol for vagrancy. On being conveyed to the station to catch the express he collapsed on the platform, and on being driven in a cab to a doctor's died on arrival. Hood was 25 years old, and hailed from Wellington. ■'
Inquest
WELLINGTON, April 23. At the inquest on the body of John Hislop, wharf labourer, who fell into the harbour last night and died later in the hospital, the medical evidence showed that deceased suffered from the effects of his immersion and of alcoholism. Death was due to water in the lungs interfering with breathing. A verdict was returned in accordance with the medical evidence.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12752, 24 April 1909, Page 5
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133A Distressing Oase Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12752, 24 April 1909, Page 5
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