ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 18 November 1907, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Per Press Association. Wanganui, Last Night. Ccorge William Jlell, a baker, aged übout -17, was found dead on the riverbank this morning. Deceased, who was a sufferer from heart disease, had been to the public baths with his son a short time before his death. Duned'm, Last Night. Hermann Louis Sachtler, an ironmoulder, aged 1!) years, died at the hospital yesterday, the supposed cause of death being poisoning through eating tinned iisli. Deceased and six companions went for a picnic last Monday, all partaking of some tinned goods. On the evening of the Kith deceased complained of pains in the stomach, and on Friday he was removed to the hospital. None of deceased's companions suffered in consequence of eating the tinned goods. Christchurcli, Last Night. A patient named James Robertson died under chloroform at the hospital on Friday night. Robertson, who was a middle-aged man, was admitted to the hospital suffering from an internal obstruction, and an operation was commenced shortly after 10 o'clock. The anaesthetic was administered in the usual way, and the operation proceeded successfully, and was almost finished when the 'patient's heart fluttered and stopped, efforts to restore the heart's action proving unavailing. An inquest was held last, night, and a verdict returned that death was due to shock following an operation.