ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 545, 28 June 1909, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

4 A STRANGE DEATH. • , —■ — ' ' ( '•'WHILE IN COMA FROAI "ALCOHOL." , (By Tclceraph—Special Oorrcspoudcnt) "■, ■ i , i ' , Marton, Juno 26. f An inquest Has'held "oil Fridaj at Hunter-" nllo by Mi- J J. ! M'Donald, Coroner, on the , body of James Shore, aged about 35, and onj- \ plojtd as a labaurerfon Otain Station, who j was found dead in bed ion Thursday morning Evidence was givon by Robert M'Kinlay, wagoner, to the effect that on the prcvipus eiening a sooial uaslicld by the men on tho station to farowell the cook, who was leavi' ing One bottlo of whisky was consumed by i seven men, and deceased was put to bed as 1 ■ |he became drunk. Next morning he could i not bo aroused, and Dr. Smith was telot phoned for. ' •' l Wm M'Callum confirmed the evidence of tho previous witness, and said that he had put the deceased, who was "very liveJv," to bod afcontf 10 o'clock. He was siok when ho was put to bed. l sWitness slept in the same room as deceased, and hearing him snoring, went in and bathed his head with oold wator. v This was about 11,45, and witness did not think anything senous was the matter, Dr Smith gave evidence that ho had examined deceased, and found no marks of ! violence, but tho fa«r and neck was .blackened and there was frothy" muoua. He considered that tbo cause, of death was suffocation, duo to food being regurgitated into the trachea while vomiting. ■ The verdiot , was that deceased died through,ouffocation while vomiting, when in a state'of coma from alcohol. '•OVER ROADS IN A TEARFUL STATE," (By Telegraph-Press Association,) ,' ' Gisborno, Juno 25. B. Dennony, road contractor, aged seventy years,'was injured about tho head by a fall when working on road works at Mangapoike. Tho roadman carried him from 7am yesterday till 11 p m., over roads m a fearful state Dennehy's condit or. is critical FALL FROM A' TRUCK. ' New Plymouth, Juno 26. HoOTy Cock, who was injured at tho wharf through a fall from a truck, is m a very senous condition. AN ACCIDENT WITH A TROLLY. _ Between 11 and 12 o'clock josterday momrng'tho fourtcen-jear-old s>on ,ot Mr K ,\l, de Landes, of this oitj, mot with a serious accident Whilst he was riding a four- . wheeled trollv it ran ovci a hank, wtih tho .2* , k ,"° sti'tainod a fricturo of tho Hugh. Ponding tlio nnivil of Dr Bojd, first aid was rendered bj Constiblo Herthcl«on I *u . Con , sta ° !e nls ° assisted tho doctor to sot I the limb. His assistanco was much apprcci- I ated by tho parents of tho injured lad,