TAKAPUNA TRAGEDY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1426, 29 April 1912, Page 5

TAKAPUNA TRAGEDY.

PROCEEDINGS AT.THE INQVKST. (By Teletriiih.-Preso AmoeUtioii. , ) .-. . ■ Auckland, A»ril-2S. rtomaiue poisoning was. not, ,hs,.supposed, the cause of the tragedy winch occurred at Milford Ueuch, Jakauuun, last week. Medical examination proved that the death of Mrs. Xicolson was due to corebral haemorrhage, possibly altriIjutnblc indirectlv to eftVcH following the drinking of-the'-hop-beer which, it was supKcsted, may have contained some poisenons elements. An inquest regarding Mrs. Nicolson's death was held yesterday. Dr. I'airclough said that h<- wus culled to uttend Mrs. Nicholson and her sister (.Mrs. C. Liltle). Mrs. Xicolsou was unconscious when he arrived, and (tied without recovering conscionsneßSi On ninkiiig a post-mortem exainination; lie 'found ,& of blood on both sides beneath the membraneous lining of the cavity ot -the -kull • Thi« proved to have come from a riiDtured inii-Ue cerebral nrlery. Deceased had a definite heart history that miw-have existed-for many years, ami the eemlitions which he had found coulrt h.ive resulted fatally at any .time, and -'tddenlv. Dr. rain-lough said he; tint not con-ider that the taking of any food or drink had any direct influence oeca<ie:iiiw dwtli. Any |a«oous liquor midit have the eflVct of alteetiii? the stomachy n"»i Thus BCtinc on the heart's action, and.tndirectiv, tho" circulation in the brain,twiif Little said that Mrs.N.cholsor who »■»< bT> of -ast'. hai.com-i-binei vi heart "trouble, and had bwn ~..> i '.Hv ittt-iuied Hi= wfo was subject The Midden death of a b-otht-roi" hi* wiiV* in VVbruary last was UN -*i n< 1 «ve Won due to condition* hwihr u< those described by- Dr.; lair"t'ommoniins on this evide.nco, Dr. Vair-riri-h it-ma ked thst it "borp-out' the [do!; th-At arterial degeneration often ruin '"•rhT'iun-'ivturned a Tcrdict in accord- .,.,„, «'ith the medical evidoni'e. The oondilion of UtHe ue. «;'- -till critical. Dr. llennett. who • tteulin- her. <!<>(<>• tbnl her case ■»Uo ' oV- vf wrpbwl hsemorrmjge.