ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
; INQUESTS TO BE HELD. > Two inquests will be held a£ the Magistrate's Court this afternoon, one in connection with the death of a waterside worker on the steamer Kororaiko some weeks ago, and the other in connection with the death of a man named John M'Kenzie, who was found dead in bed at 87 Dixon Street on Tuesday. M'Kenzie, according to the police report, was a visitor from the country, and apparently died from suffocation ivhile in a fit.
' FOUND DEAD IN BED. " ■ By Telezraph.—J'reas Association. Auckland, September 29. An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Patrick Kelly, otherwise known as John Jones, who was found dead in bed at the Salvation Army Home. The gaol surgeon. stated that Kelly had completed a month's sentence for ..drunkenness, 'He believed the man was' a returned soldier discharged from •Egypt. Dr.. King, who made a postmortem examination, saiddeath had been caused by heart failure, _probab!y brought „ about by; over-exertion and worry. A verdict of death from natural causes, was returned.
RETURNED SOLDIER'S DEATH. Wanganul, September 28. At an inquest regarding the death of Corporal . Claude .Comvns, found, dead on the railway ;a verdict ■of found dead was'returned, deceased having apparently fa]len,from the late train, on Saturday.night, i
, ' SUICIDE OF A FARMER, . Hawera, September 28. , James Parrish, farmer, Whakamara, committed suicide this morning by hanging- .
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2580, 30 September 1915, Page 3
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227ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2580, 30 September 1915, Page 3
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