A FATAL SCUFFLE.
'(Eon Press Association.'); Auckland, last nigh:
A coroner's inquest on Joseph Hickey, who died after being rescued with a companion from beneath No. 3 jetty on Wednesday night, opened to-day. A witness named Phillips deposed that he saw three men on the jetty. He heard a scuffling and then two splashes at an interval of half a minute. He then saw one man looking into the water. This individual afterwards walked quietly away- He could not be identified. The coroner suggested that one man might have tried to rescuo the other. Deceased’s companion, Marshall, was reported to be recovering. The medical evidence showed that Hickey died of fracture of the baso of the skull. The inquiry was adjourned for a week, in the hope of securing Marshall’s evidence. I
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1483, 17 June 1905, Page 2
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132A FATAL SCUFFLE. Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1483, 17 June 1905, Page 2
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