ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 12, 2 June 1914, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

DEATH FROM ASPHYXIATION. By Telegraph—Press Association. Hastings Last MUrt. At the inquest on the body of An-'-drew Soail/, aged 51, single, who tras \ found diead on the Havelock bridge 9R •* Sunday morning, the evidence showed "f that deceased Suid been drinking a& the '; t ' 'house of a friend at Have lock and' Jeft i' to walk to l)-astlng». He apparently sat on the rail of the bridge, where he went to sleep and fejl forward. When ■ the body was found, deceased wba on his. - feet in a stooping positioa. His left* hand was griping tfoc .toprail and! his 'head was hanging between his knees. His coat collar was turned up and but- i toned tightly. A verdict was returned, '] that death was due to asphyxiation, > ' whilst in a staitb of intoxication. 4/®ceased, who wag an old: resMemt of Has- ' .tings and in comfortable circumstances, had no relatives in the Dominion as far as is known. , il A DOCTOR'S DEATH. Dunedin, Monday. i Dr. Alexander Grohame, of WaUfflii- yj niti, died suddenly at his residence at four o'clock yesterday morning. It ftppears that he rose during the night to take some mixture of bromide and must ;■ have swallowed an overdose. Dr. Graham was aged 42 and was married. •; :i AN OVERDOSE OF BROMIDE. . : Dunedin, Last Night. At the inquest on .the body of Dr . . J; Grahame, of Waikouaiti, evidence was ' '4\ given that deceased (had ta!ken.doEM>» of bromide at 8 pm. en Saturday and 4 a.m. 011 Sunday. He showed signs of ' - liquor previous to taking the first dose. . i Medical evidence showed that the post mortem discovered early stages of pneu- ;, monia, the liver was congested, and the . heart slightly fatity. None of these ' * would cause sudden death but, taken in 1 conjunction with an ovMxlosie of sleep- »< ing draught, would speedily'cause deatn, ' Me resistant* of the body being much lower by the use of the drug. A per- ■■/ son taking an overdose of mixture at • 8 p.m. would st'ifll be stupefied at 4 a.m., ■ ':! and would probably n<?t be in a state to ~. judge (the quantity he was taking. The jury found "that deceased died from an r. overdose of bromide, self administered,' "• all the evidence pointing to tho fact ; { that the action was accidental. Tile 7, j weak state of the organs shown by the -* post mortem probably assisted to cause death.." A FATAL FALL. Auckland, Monday. - , Albert A. Halliwell, who was found in Albert Park, died in the hospital without regaining consciousness. Indications point to his death having been w caused by hemorrhage <of the brain, resulting from a fracture of the skull i < caused by a fall. " ;: ——— A SUSPICIOUS DEATH. i - Dunedin, Last Night. The inquest was resumed to-day on the body of William Bills, found near the end of Victoria Winrf on March 30. The inqiiest had been adjourned sine die owing to the exact nature of the cause of death not being ascertainable .4 by post mortem examination. The police gave evidence that further enquiries had been made, but no additional information was forthcoming. The coroner said that the medical evidence had shown that death was due to Bevere,injuries to the head, but whether these wero caused accidentally or otherwise tliere was nothing to show. He could only return what was practically an open verdict. DEATH FROM DISLOCATED SPINE. Dunedin, Last Night. An inquest was held this afternoon into the circumstances connected with the deatlh' of John Srarople, a laborer, who died on Saturday evening, as tho result of injuries to the spine, through falling from a load of hay at Milburn. Evidence showed that a band of straw broke, with the result that deceased fell heavily to the ground. The spine was not broken, but the medical ev{. dence sliowed that the spinal ligament l had been ruptured and the injury pro- i. bably caused but a momentary disloca- -5 tion. A verdict was returned 1 in ac- ® cordaned with the evidence, no blame b9- ,% ing attachable to anyone. ■ ' ? i