ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2234, 21 August 1914, Page 7

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

DEATH IN THE POLICE CELLS. HEART FAILURE THE CAUSE. An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., into tiio douth of William Patrick M'Leod, a man of about 45 years of ago, who died in a police- cell at Lambton Station at about midday on Wednesday. .Deceased had been arrested in the morning lor being found helplessly drunk, ami was con.veyed to the cell at Laiubton Station, whero ho died. Tho evidence given by the pohco showed that the deceased had been given all tile attention at the polico station that the regulations prescribed, and that he had been visited at frequent intervals in the cell. Thomas Dwan said that the deceased was a single man, and had been in the Dominion about twenty years. Hβ was formerly a steward on one of tho Union Steam Ship Company's boats, and later' was in partnership in tho management of the Metropolitan Hotel. He had been failing in health of late years. Deceased had no relatives in New Zealand, but had i brother over iu Australia. Other evidence was given, and tho Coroner returned a verdict of death from heart failure (in accordance with the medical evidence of Dr. Fyffe), and odded that no blame was attaohable_ to the polico, who had done everything possible under the circumstances for deceased. HURT-BY A MACHINE. A young man named. Ernest J. Gandell, 22 years of age, was admitted to ; the Hospital yesterday • suffering from i injuries to his hand The injuries, which , wero resultant on Gandell having Ms I hand caught in a machine while he was i working, were so serious that two fingers had to be amputated. 'His con- | dition is reported to be as well as could be expected. • \ ' , THE CLYDE QUAY TRAGEDY. The condition of Mr. and Mrs. Mullins, the victims of the Clyde Quay tragedy of 'ast week, was reported last evening to bo about the sarao. MAN DROPS DEAD. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Dunedln, August 20. James Nesbot, an elderly man carrying on the business of a painter in St. Andrew's Street, dropped dead this ■morning, TERRITORIAL'S DEATH. I Auckland, August 20. . Robert Hislop, a Territorial, who fell through Parnell railway bridge on Thursday night and fractured both thighs, died in the Hospital. SUDDEN DEATH OF A SHAREBROKER. Thames, August 20. Frank Sykos,- a well-known sharebroker and bowler, died- suddenly last night; aged 62. He returned home from the club, had a heart seizure, and died. , Hβ had been ill recently, but recovered. ."'„■■