ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 652, 1 November 1909, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

SUICIDE v IN 'SYDNEY STREET. , Dr. M'Arthnr, S.M., oily coroner, held an inquest on Saturday., afternoon touching the death of Henry Mitchell i<: Sydney Street Dr.Jamcs .stated that,at 3.30 on Friday even, ing ho recoived a. call to lfc'2 Sydney Street,' where ho found deceased vlcad in a back bed! room. l The. troueeribf hiS?ri?ht :lea had been rolled up Jo 'the:,kneo, and; on the calf, he saw a. wound ,aWnt,. threeiinsheS long, ' wiliflh Mttrtd l.torge,vein.;, Death Was evidently due to hamotThage. from this self-inflicted wonnd. Saiiin«l;'rhbtt<(s • Wood, a Shipwright, of Balfenee Street, stated that had worked /M-huni fit. two' yed<s as a. shipwright. He (witness) last taw.' Wm a few'rajnutes after, one ofilock on; Friday, and he had not worked slnte Tuesday, although; there ns Work for hto to ■do.» He -was under tte; influence of liquor on Friday/ >hile, ,'ia the . .workshop, . his toaduct oh one occasion, ; ha.d been strange. " He hid alio ; Mked -witness 'for; money tach day elnw> Tuesday' although he had'some. , -■■•'■: ;.; .Deceased's 'landlady- deposed that- deceased Kjd,a furnished-room, at; W ,house in Sydney street.; .He h&d-been drinking rather heavily during the past *wkj' ; tt«d when he entered the hottfca ,at 2.15 p.m. on ■. he was intos)-i c&ttid./At fm minutes to' nii'o. she opened hlfii.cloor, to'-s«: if, he wW at hiims, and then found ihlm. lying nafo6B the bedln Ihemannor stated. , , An verdict in twcordanco withi the medical evldiSfioo was returned. • . ■■■" ■: FATALLY HOIST ON A STEAMIiIt, ' my Telegram! «PM*. AM«ala>4eit.i• ■■: ' Bluff, October 30, At an inquest held this morning regarding I the; death of D. M'EtligoUj who was fainllv ■Injured, on the . stealer Bckala, a verdict of Lacoidental death ;;was' reiurned. -, . 1 - : | *V -v.'-v...... TO t T NP v DKOWNEDi J Ourifedlri, I*o, . Tlie l)"'J v v nf.rt man wft* fun/id in the jiaflWrr .tiio Kftlttfty, "Wharf. Papers .ott JH*. l>o<fy'irtdlMito• that iltfcended m&'lAy}* o'lMen» R. tiTem&ti nfal bg<?d |J2, wtia t»v*l in tlifc tJrtteh Cfitiipnnv'a Vmts •drkte.tflOlj tuid frtiw. tiib Waii Urflflta' 6fi:flepUttibet ,T s. • * .'V v'