HOT SPRING FATALITY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 7

HOT SPRING FATALITY.

:■•■;■- .acid. gas. :; : 'V -'V::'-■: v; Auckland, September 11; 4 L.M .th e j nqUßS[ , te]c i at Kamo' Springs ; :;v-by-Mf., J, M. Killen, Coroner, -on. John ; .-.. ; lergus, aged.:49, who'expired while in ■ ..the; Champagne Bath; Johii, Lappm, ::•.■ .'.who .was in the bath : with' the deceased ''".'.'■ ■". stated; that ;■;Fergus ,"dipped his : head ;.: . ; twice in :the::water. while sitting on the . steps, .and then fell back.' He never ;■; /regained consciousness,: iir spite of the etforts.of. the bath 1 attendant and hm,»elf. '''.■■ ; .'.;•/.;:.;:■ '■■•■.'>""•■■• ■•'■' v. .';.•■' .• . ... In giving evidence, the manager of ,'. ■ Me.sprmgs'ana the attendant stated that, the bath was considemlporfectly j., -.; safo.at the. time, as -a' - ,match would • burn..within two inches of the water. ■:. ■, After, rainy weather, .and when there was ;a superabundance. of ■carbonic acid gas present, the' bath would be closed. ■ ! Deceased ■was perfectly sober at the time of : the occurrence. . .' . Dr.. Hall, who made the post-mortem .: examination, stated that: the heart was largo,; and fatty, but not diseased. The ;:■'■ . ™ m * and. hugs; TC re 'gorged with ,••-... blood, _Death was.due to carbonic acid .;. gas;poisoning, .accelerated by a- weak v heart, causing, apoplexy.; Although a . , : match .would bum ■ within ■' two inches . . of the water,, as ho had that day tested . .it, it-was not wise for. people with weak hearts/to indulge,in that.bath. '•XJi'dict; Wfts returned in accordance with the medical testimony. /