ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 57, 29 August 1911, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

A LONELY END. By Telegraph—Press Association. Napier, Yesterday. John O'Brien, a very old resident at the Port, was found dead in an outhouse of the Crown Hotel. Deceased was of very temperate habits, and death was probably due to heart disease. Bank deposit slips for £IO2O were found in a pocket of his clothes. FOUND DROWNED. Dunedin, Yesterday. Marion McKinnon, n widow at St. Clair, aged 78, disappeared this morning, and later her dead body was found washed up on the beach. WOMAN'S SUDDEN DEATH. Palmerston North, Yesterday. A woman named Mrs. Emily Knowles, who was suffering from bruises, thought to have been caused through falling while in a fit, was taken to a boardinghouse on Saturday night. Her condition indicated the effects of alcoholic poisoning, and yesterday morning she was taken to the hospital, where she died suddenly shortly after examination. A post mortem examination was conducted, and an inquest opened and adjourned till 'to-morrow, to enable further enquiries to be made. REPORTED SUICIDE. Masterton, Yesterday. It is reported that the body of a man named Michael Byrne has been found in a creek at Te Wharau, the circumstances pointing to suicide. Deceased had been employed as a laborer by Mr. Cameron, of Flat Point station. A BUSH FATALITY. Thames. Last Night. A Thames man named Win. Jackson was found dead in the bush at Turua. He left Ms house at Turua on Sunday morning to go to the slaughterhouse, where he is employed, and as he did not return for dinner a search was made, lie was found late in the afternoon lying face downwards on a stump. He was not then dead. A party with a trolley went to ietch him home, but by the time they arrived lie had expired. His jaws were broken, and it is presumed that lie took a fit and fell face downwards, and in this manner sustained the in j'»y- . . . to-. - _*''' A CASE OF SUICIDE. Thames, Last Night. The fatality reported f.rom Turua, where a man named Wm. Edward Jackson, 48 years of age, married, with seven children, was found dead, proves to be a suicide. Deceased suffered from pains in the head, and dreaded an operation which was deemed necessary. He took a dynamite cap and fuse, placed the cap in his mouth and exploded it, inflicting terrible injuries. A verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned. SUDDEN DEATH. Gisborne, Last Night. An elderly man, 70 years of age, named Jas. Harris, employed in the construction of a septic tank in connection with the sewerage system, died suddenly this evening when just knocking off work. Heart failure was the cause, and the doctor's certificate being available, an inquest may not .be held. A FATAL QUARREL. Wellington. Last Night. The inquest on John Wm. Long, who died iii bed at his residence in Sage's lane at an early hour on Monday, August 20, was resumed to-day before Dr. A. McArthur, coroner. Chief Detective Broberg deposed to arresting a man named Wm. Francis Dowman. since the inquest was opened, on a charge of killing Long. Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared on behalf of Dowman. Dr. Fyffe, who performed the autopsy, stated that the cause of death was a fracture of the skull. The coroner returned a verdict accordingly, and added that he was of opinion that death was caused by a blow administered by Dowman in a dispute, and, further, that Dowman was aggravated by the deceased before he delivered the blow, which was not given with any intention of causing serious injury, but probably with the intention of preventing deceased from assaulting his wife. The coroner concluded, "I think Dowman acted the manly part in the whole business."