ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3147, 27 July 1917, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

CHILD ACCIDENTALLY POISONED. Br Tolcßraph—Press Association. • , Auckland, July 56. •V"irl a°eH fourteen months, daughter or Captain Asa AVhitney, died as the result of eatiiij,' quinine tabloids wnicli lier father kept on a table' in a l»ttle for his own use. A doctor ftatctl nt the inquest that the tabloids were very sweet and agreeable to the palate. If a child of fourteen months swallowed two or three the result would bo fatal. MAN FOUND DEAD. Auckland, july 26. The dead body of T. A. Clemo, a wellknown resident of Henderson, was found in the scrub with a wound .\t the bade of the head, evidently caused ••}• a gunshot. MAN FOUND DEAD. Auckland, July 26. Tho body of Thomas Alfred Clemo, a single man, aged 42, was found an some scrub at Henderson this morning. There was a wound on the back of thei head. Police investigations indicate suicide, the doctor being of. opinion that the wound was caused by »n explosion. Deceased lived alone and had been m IU-lioalth. He left a letter to a brother and sister in England to the effect that if they did not hear from him again his belongings would be looked after. Ho also bade them good-bye.