ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1674, 14 February 1913, Page 4

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

DEATH UNDER AN ANAESTHETIC.

(By, Tclesrapli.-Precß Attociation.) V Dunedln,_ February 13. . An inquest was held this'afternoon, on tho body of Elizabeth Young, aged 05 years, wife of Anthony Young, of Fairfax, who died at tho 1 hospital early this mom-, ing while under chloroform. Tlio medical evidence..showed' that tho. deceased had been suffering from' cancer, and her only clmnco of recovery was to undergo an. operation. Her general condition was not at-all satisfactory,',«nd it wan recognised: that there was gravo risk, both, in regard to' an anacsthetio and the operation, Tlio operation had. to 1» performed in two stages. Sho camo through tlio first staff# very well, and but. little moro remained to be done. At the second operation, tho patient suddenly oollapsed, and in spit© of all efforts she could not be resuscitated. Tho second operation was hot serious, and the haemorrhage wns practically nil. Tho patient died from respiratory failure, duo to the anaesthetic. About throO weeks .elapsed between tho operations. DofMsod made an exoellent rccoyery after the firet. Tho anaesthetic used wns ether, which was the safest' that: oould bo used. De* oeased had been in 'poor health for wo years, and was wry had during tho lost eight months. Tlio coroner found that death was duo to heart, failure after an anaesthetic, rendered lioecssary/ by. an important operation. ■

SALTWATER CTfiF.K DROWNING ACCIDENT.' , Chrlstchurch, February 13. : Tho body of N. Rapson, tho fourth victim of tho Saltwater Creek drowning tragedy three wieoks ago, wa® found at tho mouth of thoi Asnloy lUvcr to-day* All tho bodies nro now recovered. ' ' COMMKRCIAIi TRAVELLER'S ACT. v . Chrtstchurch, February 12. Robert George 'Scott, a .commcrcinl traveller, aged 32, residing at; Sydenham, shot himself with.a gun yesterday. ll# lind li«Ji unwell for some weeks. 'A' vordiet of : suicido "while of 'unsound mind was, returned. INSTANTANEOUSLY KILLED. New Plymouth, February .13. A Maori named lvakapi Wiromu Nopiln, 27 years of age, ft worried man with four children, ft resident nt Wnilaro Road, .fell from tho mco train'nt Lgmont to-night nml was instantaneously killed by tho train. Tho body, : which was , terribly mnhgled, was brought back to New 1 )y----mouth. "Remember you nwy meet with an accident any day. Romember the Ocean Accident Lender Policy covorg nil accidents and 50 diseases. ' Remember to tnkp out a Policy To-day."