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AUCKLAND, Last NighL Aa accident of an unusual type which I occurred in a city shop on May 28 was " thft subject of inquiry at the inquest into the death on June 28 oi Mrs. Morence May Richmond, aged 64, of Ponsonby, which was Iheld before the Coroner, Mr. E. K Hunt. A fhop assistant said Mrs. Eiehinoni fell after colliding with another customer who had turned arOtwd sharplyv The man who collided with her assisted in lifting her from the floor and while loing so apologised for knocking her over. On being assured that a doctor had been sent for and that he could do nothing mere, the man Ieft the shop. Witness did not know his name and address. Dr. Morris said that, when deceased a was admitted. to hospital, it was found W that both her thighs were broken and she was suffering from severe shock. She was also suffering frOm incipient heart trouble, for whieh. she had to be treated. She failed to xally to treatment and a few days before her death developed broncho pneumonia. In witness* opinion death was due to broncho pneumonia, the other causes being shock from the accident and disordered heart aetion. A verdict in accordance with the medical testimony whs given by the Coroner, _
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 152, 15 July 1937, Page 7
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