ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 405, 14 January 1909, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

FOUND IN THE HARBOUR. ' • (HI. ASSOCIATION.) . Dunedifl, January 13 _ Jas. Booth Ross, ' whose ' body- was found ' in the harbour-this-morning, was an httendant at Seacliff. Mental' Hospital! It is- be- v lieved that the body had been in the.water about a week. The face was swollen arid bore marks o£ injuries - such as might have been caused by falling on'stones. In tic'-pockets ' were found £2 7s.\6d. in money, a silver watch, .a pair of g6ld< sleeve .links, and a number'of other articles. Deceased was on holiday'leave,'" and left the Prince of Wales ' Hotel to return to the niental hospital about- ' ten days ago. He was a single man. about 35 years old, and has relatives in Brisbane.

AN OVERDOSE OP MORPHIA. (BY TELEGRAPH—JRESS ' ASSOCIATION'.) V - , Auckland, January 13.' ' At the inquest concerning the. death - of Dr. Orfordy Jones, a verdict ..was returned that death was due to the accidental administration of an overdose, of . morphia. DEATH-AT THE HOSPITAL. The hospital authorities advise that Jas O'Connor, who Ava's admitted -to \ the 'institution in an ; unconscious condition on Jloudav died yesterday morning. , O'Connor,,-who was 28 years of a"o, was a sawmill hand at -.Whiteman s: V alley, and was • suffbriric from paralysis. He came from Northern %airaa about: 12 months ago,' and-isfsaid to:have a mother Jinng there and a sister .it 'Napier and Gisbornc. Dr.'.M 1 Arthur,-, S.MI, coroner decided .that an. inquest,would pot. bo' necessary- i ; '/\ x ,' . : : "\i. •