ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 94, 28 April 1870, Page 2

ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH.

The number of sudden deaths which

have lately occurred in and around Auckland, is most unprecedented, and for a city of its size and population, is, we should think, .without parallel in any part of the colony. Week after week we have the same tale to report of people, apparently in the enjoyment of good health, falling down dead, either in the streets or at their own houses—the majority of such deaths being caused either by apoplexy or rupture of the heart. The last death of the kind which we had to record towards the end of last week, occurred in the Dedwood district; the one to which we are now about to refer, and which took place at an early hour yesterday morning, occurred in the Mount Eden district. The deceased was a milkman named Thomas Mitchell, and resided with his vrifo and family near Mount Eden. He was a man of apparently good general health and constitution, but on returning to his home on Tuesday evening, he complained of being ill, and Dr. Philson was sent for, but deceased grew so much worse that Dr. Kenderdine was also shortly in attendance. Certain remedies were prescribed, and Mitchell got much better, and when his wife retired to rest he seemed to have recovered from his sudden attack. About ono o'clock, however, he was again seized with apparent convulsions, and fell back dead. Medical assistance was, of course, of no avail. I'r. Philson stated that he had died of apoplexy, and gave a certificate to that effect, so that thero will be no coroner's inquest, which, under the circumstances, could serve no good purpose. Deceased was highly respected by those who knew him, and his loss will ba much felt by his wife aud little ones.