ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
CHLORAL HYDRATE. •' (By Telegraph—Press Association.) ' Rotorua, September 10. At . an inquest this morning as. to tho cause of- tho death of Mrs. 1 Beggß, the ovidonco' of Drs. Edletsberger and Anderson showed . that deceased had- been suffering from insomnia since February last, and had been taking chloral. hydrate for - somo time. The: verdict -of /the jury . was -that.' death was -due to! an overdose of chloral hydrate .taken:by'm:sadventure. ' .■-■. : "WITH A'PEA RIFLE." • ' Masterton, Soptember .10.: A shooting fatality-occnrred yesterday at Admiral Run. Twin brothers, sons of Mr. J/.!A:/Sutherland, 'aged twelve year's, were out on a .lagoori/shooting hawks 'with a pearifle, . whOn , tKe : ; gun ; was accidentally. discharged, and ono brother (Norman) - shot in tho left groin. A" doctor went out from Masterton, and. found the lad suffering from severe hemorrhago. The boy died last. evening;. ■ y, '- ' / / A CHILD AND A TRAMCAR. , v Dunodin, September 10. A child named Wilhelmina Hendry,. aged one voar and ten months, who, was, injured on the! Roslyn tram-line last Saturday,, died to-night., Tho child ran.in front of tlio car, and although the driver pulled; up; quickly, ono of.the wheels passed over her foot. !;Tho cluld was quite prostrated by tho shock. '
BODY RECOVERED.< "
' • . Glsborno, September 10. The body of Dudley M'Kenzie, who was drowned in tho Waihuka Eivcr on Monday, was recoverod-this'afternoon. '
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 609, 11 September 1909, Page 6
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218ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 609, 11 September 1909, Page 6
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