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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7707, 9 January 1905, Page 2

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• (Per'Preaa AasooiaUoß.) OAMAMJ, Jan. 7A Are destroyed LlsMc'a torjaeconiat shop and the upper portion* of Fox's (bootmaker), Miss Brown'* • (art repository), and Mm Falconer'a (■dressmaker). It is supposed L«e« lie overturned a candle. Hit body, -i was found lying on the floor, he evidently having been suffocated whflfl endeavouring to reach the door, Jan. B. An inque* >as held yesterday on the body cWSoseph Roger* Clark, , of Newtownww wai found hanging, , ■* in his residence on Friday evening* A verdict of wilful suicide wai returnod, Deceased's wife and atepdaughter said ho had frequently threatened to take hi* Hfe. Deceased was 50 or 58 years old. The Wile said they had been married seven years, and during the whole of that time she had never seen him proper- <\ ly sober. During the iaat months he contributed practically. aotiling to the household expense*, NELSON, Jan. 8. John Herbert ltuthcrford, aged 80 years, single, was Mllod on the War ngunioa HiH/Itoad yesterday by the capsize of a waggon he was driving, over the aid* of the road. A, • verdict of accWent*! death waa returned. The evidence went to show that .when iMssingAn another waggon a young hone In the lead pwfc od the others over the side. DUNEDIN, Jan. & Albert Drown, aged three and a, half years, fell into a can of boiling water at Ka/itangata and waa "" so badly scalded the* he died from tho eilocts, AUCKLAND, Jaa. 8. The inquest on Mrs Dillon waa resumed yesterday. Dr. Dalzlel doposcd that ho found the carpet and other articles disarranged. There wero signs of beer drinking. Do- J ceasetf's body waa on a couch, co»» ' cred by a rug. The undcrgannenCa '• were torn, and parts of the body, i inflamed and abrascd, and slightly covered with dry blood. There waa a slight tear of the skin internally, but no sign of fu.ther assault, ex- ,- eept that the left arm bore a deep impression of four fingers near the! elbow. The impression was made * by small fingers. Those marks r were those of a male hand, being; too broad for a woman's ' Mr Baume. solicitor for the acous- <*•. suggested that bis client khouM show his hand, which was large |F* DetocUve Mcllvoriey add that mora K than one man nad had hold of de-B ceased that doy v T*, Dausicl, re* It Plying to the Cproner, said the scW cuscd.a hand .would make a larger \1 impression. After further »ion the Coroner said the Jury* must bo convinced that Sfairton's | hand was too Urge to fit the marks, kj on deceased's arm, or that death' was caused by heart) failure or by j fear or exertion. Tfc, )„„, a verdict that deceased died through heart failure brought about <utf «*. ' cessive i-xcitement caused by assault, lire wyatery of a mans handpmnta on the woman's arm waa cleared up by Harry Thomas Oil. lies, flax-mill owner, who stated that ho assisted to lift her up while aha ** JlWill on the day of her death. The stee of Gill-en' hand corresponded with tho mark on her armj

Charles Gordon, a wtfl-faiown iU- g ble-taeper. and a resfcfeot of Wanjm"Ml""™* oMcrt ■»■ « w *» "rownedat Hal Iwi beach to-day, a wu-tv nn djvta, off the rocks,' JU*Wu£Z struck his head on a r(H! |t, ,'--