ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 223, 14 June 1919, Page 10

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

FATAL FALL -FROM A EKIIjGE. By Teloeraph— Vrcss Association. Palmerston North, June ID. At an inquest on Alexander Hugh Cohill, painter, lilio evidence showed that deceased was riding without a liglil, and fell over Die end of the bridge, injuring his spin:;. A verdict was returned of accidental death. n SUJ.CIDK OF A EAI!MF,I!. : Hamilton, june 13. The police lia\e received word that a farmer at'Tirau, mimed William Jiich-aid-Morri.-, agi.'d 17, shot himself through the heart with a gun. He \ras ii' married man with a family of two. He had a paralytic stroke three months ago, and had been worrying over his illness and business affairs. ELDEULV WO.MAX FOUND DEAD. Hawera, June IS. 51k. Nora. Qiiinlivnn was found dead at the foot of her bed this morning. Deceased was very old. and suffered from tairf trouble. There was no inquest, as a (iocto'i , was* prepared to give ;i eortilicate as to Hie cause of death. I'.ATAL LO'liUY ACCIDENT. Hawera, June 13. At an inquest relative to a fatal accident to liichard Harris, who was killed owing to a motor-lorry be was driving capsizing, the verdict was that death was due to fracture of the skull. There was nothing to show as to how the .iccident had occurred, as the lorry was in gi od order.