ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 August 1921, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A CYCLIST INJURED. By Telegraph.— Press Association. Marton, August 12. E. Finnimore, while cycling, collided with a motor-car, which passed over him. He sustained a broken rib and minor injuries, and is suffering from severe shock. DEATH FROM A FALL. Auckland. August 13. James Craig, a married man, employed by the City Council, fell from the top of a centre tramway pole and was conveyed to the hospital in a serious condition. A CASE FOR INQUIRY. Dunedin, August 13. An inquest was held this morning on the body of a returned soldier named Edwin George William Hatcher, aged 25, whose body was found in the bottle cellar of the Excelsior Hotel on Thursday. The evidence of the hotel porter showed that he found the deceased earlier on a couch in the bar and placed him in the bottle cellar. He had no instructions to do so, but had done the same on previous occasions. Other evidence showed that deceased was gassed at the front, and had complained of his heart. The medical evidence showed that the man’s heart was sound, but the opinion was expressed that death was due to heart failure following cirrhosis of the liver. The coroner said that the deceased had been drinking to excess, and was deserted by his companions. The conditions surrounding the death were of such a nature that close inquiry must be made. He instructed the police to make inquiry into the method of dealing with intoxicated persons, in view of the evidence given by the porter. The verdict’ was in accordance with the medical opinion.