ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 176, 30 August 1909, Page 2

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A MAN POISONED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Saturday. At an inquest to-day concerning th» death of Vincent Ferrar, who died from drinking lysol, a witness, an Italian, who bad resided in Auckland, where bis wife is a doctor, said he had asked deceased before he died if he had swallowed lysol, and the answer was "Yes, I did." A verdict was returned that deceased died from the effects of poison, but then w»» not sufficient evidence to show whether' it was taken accidentally or intentionally; the coroner having come to that ' conclusion owing to the fact that a small flask of whisky was found in o» on a chest of drawers with a bottle of lysol.

SUICIDE AT ELTHAM. A startling discovery was nude "■n Saturday afternoon at the shop Occupied by Messrs Riddle and Anderson, In High street, Elthara, reports the Argus. i Mr. Riddle recently took into partnerchip Mr. J. Chapman, a married nwi, whose wife is residing at Levin. Chapman occupied a bedroom at the back of , .''■ the shop and this morning complained '< of a pain in his side. Mr. Riddle, wm\ ' ',*. taw him last about 9 o'clock, refralnad >l. from disturbing him, thinking Ee wat i-rf asleep. In the afternoon, however, hj» "* pushed the door open and found Hit ! partner lying on the floor with hl» throat f, cut and a razor lying near. Dr. Harrison was called in and found that death had taken place some hours previously. Aa deceased had only been working with Mr. Riddle for less than a week little is known of him and no cause can yet be assigned for the act. A tt inquest wJB be held.