ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 238, 13 February 1911, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

LYSOL POISONING. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wanganui, Saturday. s An inquest oil the young man, Wm, llolden, who was found dead in bed, resulted in a Verdict of death from lysol poisoning, sell' administered. ; A-MOTHER'S SUICIDE. ' ' ; Wellington, Saturday. * j The dead body of Mary Purdy, thfl wife of Dr. Purdy, of Lower Hutt, was found in a shallow part of the river close to the family residence this morning. .Mrs. Purdy left a note on her j dining-room table which read: ''l am the river at the bark. God help you. T'i 11 other." She went to bed at midnight, and was then in good health. She was ' missed by her husband at 5.30 this morn- "i ing, and the body was found lying in nine inches of water, clothed only in a nightdress. Her wrapper and slippers were found on the bank higher up the stream. The deceased only returned from Australia ten day 9 ajgo. Wellington, Last Night. At the inquest 011 .Mrs. Purdy, wife </I Dr. Purdy, who was found drowned 'in " the Hutt river yesterday, the verdict ' •of suicide by drowning while temporarily of unsound piind was returned. >i A HOMESICK IMMIGRANT. , J Wanganui, Last Night. The body of a young man named Edward Coady, aged 21, a new arrival from Ireland, was found in the rivet | on Saturday. It appears that deceased i had been homesick and despondent since J his arrival three months ago. His uncle, 1 ■Mr. Thomas Coady, of Aramoho, secured 1 .1 return ticket lor him on Tuesday, ~ lint the young man disappeared that ,1 day. and the ticket was found in his clothes. J FOUND IN A RIVER. * , • | Christoiiurch, Last Night. ] The body of Terence McHitgh, 71 years a of age, was found in the Waimakariri' $ viver. at White's Bridge, about a quar- 'j tor to eight o'clock this morning. It -' appears that McHugh, who has no set* tied place of residence, travels about the i Dominion picking up odd jobs, and wag" camped on the banks of the river beyond u Belfast and expected to get some work a at potato-digging. Early this morning ' 1 he was seen wading in the river, nnd ij about half an horn' liter his dead body 1 was found. It h assumed that while .] wading he succumbed to heart failure. j A savings bank nook shgwed that he J has £IOO in the bank, deposits having i been made in Wellington. As far as is -3 known, McHugh Ims no relations in thel 15j Dominion, and it is believed that he has ' a nephew in Australia, whence McMugb 'jl came to Now Zen land about seven years yj ago. " I

A LUCKY ESCAPE. P Ohmtehurch, Last Night. Whilst journeying by train from Ohnstentireh to Hangiora on Saturday, night, Arthur Powell, nged 26, of R»n« giora, fell between two carriages what tlie train was travelling between Bryndwyr and Papanm. He fortunately oscnjiod without .ny serious injury, bull on examination .it tlie hospital it was found necessary to amputate his left hand.