A SOLDIER'S DEATH
« RESULT OF ACCIDENTAL FALL. The inquest concerning tho death of Henry Clancy, a returned soldier, who died as a result of injuries sustained in a fall in the Central Coffee Palace on -Sunday, was concluded before the coroner, _ Mr. W, G. Kiddell, S.M., at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday. Sergeant Cruickshank appeared on behalf of the police. •Evidence was given bv William Hannifin, licensee of the Thistle Imr Hotel, that the deceased was a barman at his hotel till July 10. Deceased was about 30 years of age, and suffered from shellshock, but witness did hot know that tho deceased was subject to sudden fits of giddiness. 1 Sergeant Cruickshank said that the polico had not ;been able to ascertain the whereabouts of the deceascd's relatives.
The' coroner said thai it was probable Hint deceased had lleen seized with .•v sudden iit of giddiness as lie was ascending the stairs. There was, however, no evidence beyond the fact that deceased suffered from shell-shock that he. suffered from turns of giddiness. The verdict would be that deceased met his death through a fracture of the spine, caused by accidentally falling down the stuircase-at tlie Central CoJfee Palace.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 250, 16 July 1919, Page 8
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198A SOLDIER'S DEATH Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 250, 16 July 1919, Page 8
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