ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1329, 5 January 1912, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

— ■ *— ■ '. DROWNED IN TJ-IREE li'E'ET OF (By Telegraph-Press Association.) Christchurcli, January i. ■ in inquest was hold' to-day ou the bodj of" John Gostuil, an aged Hum, who was found drowiiod in the river Avon oa Wednesday. Evidence was given as. to tho finding oi , the body in three feet of water Dr. Syincs, who examined (lie bodv, attributed death to drowning. Dβccsmxl" would liavo had no power of re-covery-with, his heart in the eondition it was " The deceased's wiie could uot account'for him getting into 'he river, lie had not been depressed. Tho coroner returned a verdict that deceased was found drowned, and that there was no evidence to show how he got into the water. • FOUND IN AUCKLAND DOMAIN. ■ Auckland, January 1. The body of a man named .Tames Dawson, 38 years of age, who had been missing from his lodging since Tuesday, « found in the Domain this morning. Deceased had apparently been dead some time and, prim- to his disappearance, he had complained of pains in Ihe heart. FLOATING NEAR THE DOCK. • Auckland, January t. il'he body of William Brown, who was drowned when going- on board tho Opinya, at the Railway Wharf on Uhui-sday- night last weelc, was found this mornuig floatin- in tho water alongside the OiiliopeDrck. A CHILD KILLED. Auckland, January 4. Thomas Scivill eldest sou of Waltc? Seavill, of Waingaro, age<l Si years, was thrown from a horse and killed thia morning. ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED. Auckland, Januarv 4. Tho inque«t on the bodv of Willian! Andrews, who was drowned in the Ongaruo River, was held hwja.v. The wrdiet was: "Accidentally drowned; no blame attachable to anyone." ■•■ . CHILD FALLS OFF A COACH. Rotorua, January 4. Jack Batten, eight years of ago, son of Sir. F. H. Batten, dentist, fell off a coach to-day ii.nd was.run over. His leg, was lacerated, several stitches beingnecessary, but no bones were broken. DIED ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. ' Auckland, January 1. An elderly man named Thomas Britton died suddenly when beiiis conveyed to the Wairoa Hospital. Deceased had been ill about a week. The'cause of death was heart failure. ■' DEATH IN THE TRAIN. Dunedin, January 4. A man named .Tiuncs'Corrigsil, of Lan» del 1 , died suddenly in the tirst express from the north to-day, shortly afler the train had passed Palmorston. Heart disease is supposed to be the eaufo of death. ' BROUGHT TO BAY Are thoso enemies of civilisation, Indigestion and Dvspppsin, which Dr. Slieldno's Digestive -Tubules arc employed; Is. 6d. mill 2s. Cd. per tin." Sixty times th? population of thc'Unilnd Kingdom are tarried by Irauicar in the year in England. A Dreadnought battleship in course ot construction keeps 300 operatives in steady einployiiieiit. For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is. Gd." It has been calculated, that thirty large walnut kernels contain'' as much fat as 231b. of lean beef. ■ ' In some of the cantons of Switzerland all the dead, rich as well as poor, are buried at the public expense.