ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2122, 14 April 1914, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

STUDENT'S DEATH • .;GASB PUZZLES THE DOCTOR* Telegraph,—Pross Association.) mi. , Ounetlin, April 13. q«7r,° WNfhnig tho death of i! I fh! i ern i Hoi ' ace Kirkland, millJ ' - a was n d dead in bed W f] y n . l ? n " ,l & was opened to-day, '■it t m widence failed to diseloso tho i™' 1,,.t, CnUSO f 1 • dc!itii > aml tho inquiry cl n,^' Smo dio > ™ wtl «" «at a]»h nii '5 ,,8 '}" SIS '"'ght be made. 1 hillip bpeuco Bett. iranfoundcr, said ceiis-P'-l 'n 4 a hrothM-ia-lnw of'dcdoiii."*'nm ?^ C ' C -1 a i 11 gently been (w-v 011 Ws University V n 1 m , IUO at Stewart, bland, son h'nd rf ?"/' ™ ,mv > said th(lt l>« , at \C%ra^4 [to some trouble with a runaway horse" ifetrt" W, tC haVC Btl^d his 'siren at Stewart Island r and returned -on Thur* : k HIJ aPl«ared to be in fairly god remnrkimr tl' 11 ? f"? beyond remarking that lie had had internal l )a,ns occasionally. On Satnrd vho «emcd all right; and hin at night'" %° at lu o'clock abo t 8 «'«.) i i w ? l '? mg , slio Cl,ikd hin > about 8 o clock but ho did not answer. wen M,t gotti »S reply, s& »uit ii,to ma room, and, soeifli? that rcfe/t Wtm>B ' telephone fo^ Ui. tnurch, who enme at once, but, on arrival, pronounced life «xtii,ct. " rhS* Urdl - s;ud t'wt, Whet! bs arI' t h , fe ' lvas extinct. Death bad ti.kui place several Jours previously. . mornmg ho maw a post-mortem WiUiaras llie bocft was well-nourished, and welU dove oped, myseularly. He' examined «u the intenml organs and brain, and, continued tho doctor, "I i»» at a joss to account for tho cause of death ail the organs being healthy, so far a-s we eould judge. Wo paid .particular attention {o tint heart, but found it quit© nqnuak There was nothing at all suspicious in what v© found, but what was really the cause of death I am at a loss to say." "I'ho Coroner" remarked that it tvas a strange case.

. siiggcstion that death might be duo w Poisoning was made, but the .lector .aid that the cxammtkri had been niost caretnlly made, and -there was nothing to indicate poisoning. Ho added, however, that tho only test for ihat would ho a chemical auaksis of the stomach.

ITio Coroner pelted' out that it was *&£!«£ SayWll6thGr tJmt tCSt

: doctor is satisfied tUt> death was duo to natural causes, sergeant Matthews; Yes; but what was the actual cause? Chuiek: That is t! » 'A W „ j'°T Ung ma 7 f i!ws sudfeiy in bis ,-ltl > * oalll 1 10:t F® s a finger cm any part, and say that ddixtis was tho result °f disease at that organ, Tho Coroner then adjourned the inquest snie clifij jn order to Allow of a ehomtcdl analysis to to mads by the uovernment Analyst.' During tlie inquiry it was stated that tocwwod tad not slept in his ordinary bedroom but had retired to a backroom, whero his boobs were kept, evidently with a view to.studying, »st 6 was preparing for an examination* CAPSIZE OP A MOTOR. serious cisuALiry List. ... ' Auckland., April 13. A man named Samuel M'Frederick, wiroJwd worked, at Msmijmvi as a platelayer, was lulled at Manger© on . Sunfay, and two other flit®—fosoph Benson and Frank Porter-wtro seriously injured by thc,ca.psiiso of a motor-car catisod presutßflbly by the Wsting of f tyro - 1 | ! ® «f W tlirowfl 'complete" jy over and righted jtsolf. Two ladv nasseager-s escaped injury. Benscfn fend a fractured thigh and injuries to his head, and Porter suffered a broken rift and a broken collarbone. Srfred. crick was a native of Londonderry, aired a " d itl tt'e r<s!iee l oi ce m South Alrwa. D&ATfE FOLLOWING A PIT. ... . „ Auoltland, April 13. A married man. Thonsas Ba.rnett (Slogan, was seized with a lit in the strflnt, sustaining injuries when he fell. An operation was performed, but the man mod a few hours later. KNOCKED DOWN BY A IRAMCATC. Auckland;.. April 13. An elderly Mail, Henry f owson, sup. posed to belong to Stratford, Was knocked dawn by a tnaaear to-jiight, recwvmg. injuries to tile lie-id. His condition is somewhat critical. CYCLING FATALITY. Gtf WAY HOME KUOM RACES. . An accident which ended fatally occurred between fatihorin'ikati racecourse am x catherston last <?vc.uiiig. "Williain Burroughs; a young man, whoso parents reside at Hoitipapa, Catlins Ifer, Otago, was fcycling along th» road when ho lost control of his machine, and fell on tls", roadside. A motor-cyclist coining along a short distnneo behind 33mroughs ran over hi®, «nd tho injuries vrpre si)eh_ that ho died shortly after hisadniisSfcitt to the Greytown Hospital, whither he was.immediately taken. Deceased was a ehceso-factoy assistant, about 24 years of age, At the time of the accidcjit he was' rrtuniing to Fcatherston fram tho races.