ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1999, 5 March 1914, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(By T(9l«Bt»Ph.—P row A»*oclati«n.) . —^—, —- SIFTING THE FACTS. PECULIAR DUNE.DIK CASE--1 DurtOClifr, March 4. The adjourned inquest eo-ftceniing the death of Jlrs, BoQcey, who died somewhat suddenly qft Saturday evening, was continued to-day. It was supposed that death was due to a fall sustained as the result of deceased being- humped ty s a drunken man- iu the street ahout midday 011 Saturday. ■ •' • Kathleen Dao-coy, aged 12 years, said that she- was walking ahead ot bfer mother. Passieg the-Grand Hotel she, .met a man who was swa.3ru.lg i« his walk, and, immediately afterwards,. she team the' fall. On turning round she saw lm mother' mi the ground, -aad she thought that, th© mail must have b-unipod her. When she andlie-r inofchm' get into Princess Street her. mother asked if Ucr ear was cut, -arid • wMiioss -replied ji-i the twgative, Hor iriother. then ' oiokimed. "liie id»a of 'h-ini'tawcldiig nio down!'' ■ Alexa-ftderGuwri, eommoretal traveller, who saw deceased fall, said that, she seemed to catch her ,h«ol on a gratijjg. Witness sa\v uo dfviiik'-mau, .

Edward Levido. Thoinas Doocey, Iras-, band of deceased, said- that his daughter had informed Di-.j-Evails: that HO- doctor had at-tcmlod deceased ia hospital from t-ho time- of Iter admission at.J.ptni. till 4. p.m. Witness went to the lj.oß.pita-l between 7 and S p.»i,.j a»d was iirfotiu-' cd that Dr, Allan would arrive at 8 p.m. Dr. AHiin had not -arrived at 8.30-, and Dr. O'Neill was seili for..'Tho latter arrived within a, (juaftercf ait how, and said that the.ro was'So ■■hojie.;. Fifteen or twenty minutes later Df>AUan came;and said thjit deceased w-as dying.. Helene Dsocey., another dau.glite-r ef deceased, said lhaV sho stayed at ito hoapital with from 1 p.ia. Mil 2.30 p.m., and, during that- .time, »o doctor saw her. Before leaving, ahoui Slip, s.h-e saw-' Dr." Slmrt," imiia-r house siirgeoßj asitl tho imi>re.ssioii from him that no- doctor hud yet seen her mother. . :■',,. ...

' Dr. Short said that deceased-was admitted at 2 p,ta., and ho saw her im or tweivo munitcs later.,- fie saw no necessity for- surgical intorft>ren.ce, but, at 6.80 p.m., there was .no i-mp.tsveiSo.at, anil he rang ftp Dr- Allan, who said that, he would be- skrivnUs 50011 as possible after 8 pou. ■~ ■ . ; Dr. Roberts, Jioih- pathologist at tho hospital,-'said that he had. as.de t a •post-morfon examination. Ha regarded it as a case, of spontaneous Ivaehiorr'hage, and thought that the fall had nothing to do with it. The case was hopeless from the start. Dr. Short had dene all he could, aiul Ms diagnosis was correct.. The Magistrate'said that-it Was plain that the jail had nothing to do with the death. When the relatives were at the hospital they simply asked if a doctor was about, and wot if any doctor had seen tho patient, and they seemed to have com© to the wratdnsioii that *no docior had seen Mrs. Doocey. That couftlwsion ■ was not born* out by fact, and there was no blame attaching to anyone, A verdict was returned of death from natural causes. ':'

ENGINE-DRIVER- KILLED, - Napififj March- A. A fatality occurred this thpfiiijis at' Ptiketkiri, about 35 miles inland- from Napier, whereby a, single i.n-ali uaifie.d Allen Nicholson, 23 years old, lust his life. Nicholson was -driving a- traction' engiiio bringing two truck loads of tin> biir to towj-i a.tid when an e.m'b.aata&ent, about a mils along fto wad.,..was reach- : ed, the steeriug chain carried avvay and the' engine went over tins side, dragging a truck with it into a gully twelve feet, deep, Tho engine turned completely over. Nicholson struck on tho head with the drawspiii c<i tho trailer, tho iron penetrating tho head and eaiis»' ingi instantaneous -dijath. HANSOM DRIVER'S DMTH. Diinodln, March 4. William Henry TiYa-Mrai, hansom call driver, aged 38 and '"unmarried, was' found dead ill his bed at ail early hour tins {Horning. He retired to Ms room at 7.30 on- the previous evening, and laid down partially undressed. A friend named Hatliattay, who was sleeping -in the same bed, saw deceased at 11.3D ( wbeti he was' a,ll right. At 5=30 ■a.to.. this lnorninc! IJathaway woko and aiW that AValdvcß was dead, At the inqMest a- verdict w;ss returned tli aecofda-nce with the tiic-dical k=e'i:Mony tliat death was due to hc;avfc distra-sS.