ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
ißy Telegrasn.—Prew AssocltttloiD . - » .... DEATH OF AN INFANT. Dunedlrii March 11. The three-year-old son of Mrs. Catherine Mercer died in the Hospital yesterday while nnder an anaesthetic prior to an operation for'.appendicitis. At the inquest, Dr. Roberts, who.had held the post-mortem, said that he found two conditions present, either one of which could have caused death. The first was status lyinphaticus, which could not have been diagnose! during life, and the second was collapse of the left lung. Ho thought the latter condition was the cause of death, and, it could not have been foreseen or prevented. The Coroner found that death was due to pulmonary collapse, the result of vomiting when under the influence of an anaesthetic, rendered necessary for an urgent and immediate operation. KILLED BY GTJN EXPLOSION. Oamaru, March 11. Joseph Fletcher, aged seven yeaTs, was playing with a gun at Hakataramea yesterday, when the weapon exploded, instantly killing the child.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2407, 12 March 1915, Page 6
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156ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2407, 12 March 1915, Page 6
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