ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 174, 26 August 1909, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

DEATH FHO.U XATI'UAL CAUSES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. ! Wellington, August 2«">. At tile adjourned inquest concerning the death of Ernest ft. lledding, a young' married man, who died rather suddenly some days ago, the Government Analyst stated that the contents of tnc stomach contained no "poison; neither j did the contents of a bottle of meu.cnie I prescribed for deceased. A verdict was returned that death was due to pneumonia.

LOST IX THE SNOW. C'hristcliuivh, Last Night. The search for the missing man, Donald McLean, at llannier Springs, has been abandoned for the pi'eseni, there being no hope of finding him alive.

Constables Bird of I'ulverden, Lewin of Amboriey, and Smithers of Kaiapoi, who had been conducting ifte s'enrch with the assistance of a number of volunteers, | returned to their stations' yesterday. ! Constable Bird, who "had been out for a weelc. suffered some rough experiences. He was joined by other constables on .Friday, and there was no lack of volunI leers for the work. The cold was intense, and when one member of the party fell into the river nis cioilies wen* frozen bard on him. The snow has been rapidly melting, and if there lis Jin further fall there will be better prospects of finding traces' of McLean, lie was about 34 years of age, and it is believed that he had no relatives in New Zealand.