ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2165, 2 June 1914, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

FATAL OVERDOSEi MEDICAL MAN'S MISTAKE. • (By I ! fiii6g'raph.-- As.jlQcifi,t4oiiJ bunediri* June i. Dr. Alexander Grahume, of Waiisotm" Hi, died suddenly at his residence at 4 o'eSock yesterday morning. It appears! ho rose during the night to take sitiim medicine and must have an ' overdose, Ur. Graham© was a yvarried man 42 years of age. At tiro iiiiprest, Mrs, fira'hanie said | that, about 4 a.m. yesterday, deceased rose from bed, saying that ha was isomg to get another tbso of a medioinc whteh ho ivas in the- habit of taking. Hg had taken a dose about 8 p.m. on Saturday. When lie went to bed ho show-. cd signs of having had sotne liquor, and, after taking the medicine, ho became somewhat dazed tutd wsstJess in his sleep. He was considerably dswd when ho got mm at' 4 o'clock. Stac Tuesday lie bad been drinking occasionally, but had not touched. liquor for tte Drc-rimis thirteen weeks. Witness h-ii-d found hiai in a state of collapse. 1 Dr. ll.owi.kn (l.'al»set-ston} deposed that it was highly improbable ' thai' death was caused by an overdoso oi sleeping draught. 'Deceased was occasionally in the habit of /taking some drink, of which it took little to upset him. Witness did not think for a raoment that he Was a iitan who would 'Commit suicide. If deceased look flio amount which was mow out of the bottle in two dasos between 8 find 4 a.m. that tvofild be sufficient to «vse death. Or. Ilnrrfcoii, who had made a pesttuortciin examination, stated thai he had oariy sta.ges of pneumonia, Birth Isjbsis showed evidence of «n old trnwbK and there were other symptoms. Ttiesc, however, wou;d not be, tho cause of sudden death, but, .tefcen va eoajmw:tion with an overdose 'nf sleeping ilirtUEjht, they Would speedily cause death, the resistance Of the body being wueh lowered'by tho use of tho drug. A person taking an overdose of the Hiixt'ue at 8 p.m. would still bp swpcH&d at 4 a.m.. and would probably 'not- lie in a state to judge the -giwuti'ty vteh he was taking. ' The jury found: "Tliftt dccftas.ft*} died from an overdose of sleeping dtaudit all tho mir to tho fact that the action wm -sswloßtal, and that the weakened state of tho organs, shown by tk-e poSt-mor-tem fexaniination. probably assisted to cause death/'

RESULT OP A FALL. Auckland, Juno 1. Albert- A. Halliweli. who was- found injured in Albert Pa.rfc, diefl i;i the' hospital without gaining *90sej<HHaes&. In<lio:i.tiojis point 1o death having _ been, caused by haemorrhage «f tiro bvsiii r-e* sattiiig from a fracture of tiie skull caused by- a fall. I'Ol'Kl) BEAD OK BRIDGE.. . Hastings, Juno 1. A labourer named Andrew Tomb. ieged about 55 years; a single nm», was found dead on the ilavelock bridge .yesterday morning. At the inquest, the evidence showed that deceased had been drinking at tho house til A fi'ieiid at 1 larelock, and left to walk 'to Hastings. He apparently Sat on the Tail of the bridge, went to sleep, and fell forward. 'When the.body was mind deceased was on liis feet in 3, stooping position. Bis left, hand wasgripping the top rail, with tiio head hanging, between the knees, and tho coat collar turned up and buttoned tightly. 1 , A s;crdict- was 1 returned- i-bat death was duo to asphyxiation whilst in ft state of intoxication. Deceased was an old resident of Hastings, and was i.» comfortablo circumstances,. ,

HA'RT, BUT HOW? BBNE&W WHAS. MYSTERY. puiieijijl, Jnfie 1. Aii inquest was resumed to-d:n m regard to the death .01 William Bills, who was found near the owl of 'hB Victoria Wharf on March 30. fflie biquest lud been adjourned sine aims owing to the exact itaturo of the cause i of death not hcing ascertainable by! ncst-mortmn examination. The police gwe evidc-ncfe lhat further . inanities Wd heon made, but. n<> additional information was forthcoming. ■ 't he Coroiifrr said that the niedic.a.l' p.vid6iiß& > had shown that death due to severe injuries to tho head, hut! whether theso were caused accidentally or otherwise thoro was ltatliing to allow; 11c could only return what »as piocticailj* an opfti verdict. SPINAL LIGAUEXTS EllPTUlir.D Dunedin, Juno 1. An hufucst was held this afternoon into ilic esretimstiroees ewiieet-ed with tltt death o c Mm Sample, a. lsbouior, who died on Saturday i;v<?nit»g, as the result of iniwies to his spine sustained through falling, from a load or hay at Milbuni. The evidcnco showed that a hand of straw broke, with the result that de~ erasA-il fell beuviSy to the "round. Tim spina tf*as not broken, but the r cdicil widejicG .w ; as to tho effect that tl a spinal ligaments had been ruptured, and that had prehably caused a momentary dislocation.. - A verdict was returned in accordance with the evidftucc, no blamo being attachable to anyone, SHIP'S SLING SNAPS. 'RAILWAY PAiPLofrn miTOEB, An accident occurred ok tho Railway Wharf yesterday afternoon, while discharging; operations were ill progress cui tho steamer Kairald. A ease of machinery, weighing two t6ns.j was hcinsi swung out on to a railway truck, when the ropo sling broke, aftd in tallrtra to the wharf the ease struck Ernest 'Wilson* a. casual railway employee, oil the head. Dr. Fanlke was summoned, and, after examination, the patient was removed to tho Hospital, suffering from a. somewhat severe scalp wound. His erudition last ovening, lrasvcvo£, was liiit) eflnside-red serious, * During the morning eases of lira* chinery had "been diseSvrgcd from the stciiteer by wire-rope. slinks, but dor l * in<j the ait pi noon (according to the '. police report) a Ifcugth of' new rope vns Hse-d as a snhstisvrt.e. The pftlicp add. that lite raso of machinery had been hauled wit of she hold bv _i.hr- sling, l and it whs while it was bfiivij swime; i ai-loss tii ilw i.s'iM'3; whrre Wilson was | standing th.it tli* acciijwt fttearfetl. ! Tin. case sSruek Wilson, aiul i >ve;i. after i hittiiij.', the «i<le of fho truck, it fell !to the «:rwifi;l. . Wilson. who is 44 ! years of ago, is a v»uirw<l ",kio with { six phiPr*--);-. ami at Net. 4 Bench I Itund. TVtnne,