ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1311, 14 December 1911, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

! . '' MAD AME KAELE'S' DEATH. '' WHAT .WAS' THE CAUSE? . \ Yesterday, Di\ M'Arthur, S.M., held an inqnir/into the • death of Madame Karle, an employee of Messrs. Kirkcaldie and Stains,, who ;was' seized with -a .fainting ;fit in Lambton Quay on Thursday night, and who died-on Sunday. :Dr.'.Fyffe, who'had made'a'post-mor-tem examination, described the result. He.'thought that death may have :beon due to overdoses of apiol and phenaceton.

. Dr. Gibbs also. gave evidence. '/.Ernest. George*. Hughes, .salesman,' who resided: at a boardinghousc in Sydney' Street, where deceased also lived, deposed /that lie knew.the deceased as,Mrs.Karle. He. had known; her for about twelve months.. As.'far as. he knew, she was married. She said that licr husband had deserted her in Christchurch or Dunedin. She had been .-.under a doctor's care, once or twice while the witness had. known her. Dr. Gibbs had. performed an operation ui her some time ago, ai.d her health liad .been fairly good since, but she had had headaches. Oh the night of. the election witness had accompanied her as far as one of the election display boards in Tiainbton Quay.', They had been-watching the results for about ten minutes when she fainted.'-. Witnesstook :her ' into the Club Hotel, and in about ten minutes, she 'recovered. He , then. procured .a i taxi-cab and . took. her home., ;SUe went to bed., His room was next: to hers, and, about two o'clock in the morning, he heard sounds indicating that she was ill. He went to her room,' and. asked if he could do anything, for her,' and she asked for a,drink of water, which he gave her. On other occasions later \\c heard similar, sounds,;, and he again -went to her room. She seemed to bV in. pain. ■ Deceased had. been in ■ the habit of taking phenaceton for/ headaches. ■'. He-did.not know anything about some ;bottles :of..apioloid t'apsules which were said to.be in her room. Hejthciight; that she was about twenty-seven.years'of age. .• ~',,'... - "'.'■' ■■■'. ;■'-..■ • ; ..'. '•■'

' Dr. Jl'Arthur' questioned the witness closely as'to why he had .not called another woman to "assist Jier- to- go to bed. arid to attend on her. when she was sick' during-'.the night: answer,,was lie ''co.nld/ndt say."; ._ ~ - ria'm ■■ ■'•yThe' Inquest : was , adjourned'/'pending,' an analysis.^....' .(' ..,.'.