SUDDEN DEATHS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 260, 23 January 1873, Page 6

SUDDEN DEATHS.

A Chinaman named Hung Qaong died very sv. tdsnly on the night of Wednesday, the 14thiii8t.. Deceased had been ailing sinca the 2?>-h Dacetnber. and had been ndvised by his friends to go into the Tuapeisa Hospital, but refused. He had been visited by his fellow countrymen iaiuiost daily. At 8 p.m on the date above mentioned, Constable Boyd was informed that Man^ Qu.m.j was danger■ously ill in his hut, and had- no one to Ir oic after him. The constable immediately procaeded to tha linfc indicated, iv company with a Chinaman named Ah Tie, ' and, on arriving, found the unfortunate man stretched on his bed da-.i'.l. Life was extinct appirently about nalr au hour. The ctuse of death was iiißiuiuiariou of ihs bowels ; and it was denied by the authorities unnecessary t<> fi->H an inquest. On the body was found £7 in notes, a sovereign, and 90Z3. of <l.i. A brother or cou:-in of deceased r "sides at the Woolshed, and has been _vumunic&fce:i wilh. A t.tini n-unecl Hewitt came to an unCi!H«iy end on Sunday nigh*. Ha was 'si'.'Jering from ab-scess in the throat, and •j-iijqo into Lawrence on the previous Wednesday for th>3 purpose of receiving , optical aid. He stayed at tha Victoria Hnxei, where his complaint was attended X( .- by br. StbTvart. On Sand ty he S2etn<id •/-:y ill and weak, but. was able to ba aoo'.n all day, and took lm meals as usual. s'• -■ iv»ruv«l to r-^t about Iwlf-p tst nine o'clock. About half-past ten, llr. "WilIi»;:is. wiio was leiding in his parlor, h ard a moaning sound, apparently }>roSueuirg frnm one of the bedrooms. He •iruniedUsely wont upstairs to Hewitt's b&i'.rootn. and f:>miil the tvaforlnnate man -a:;if sitting, h.-MT coelining on his bed, tvMsntly in tha agonies of dissolution T>3. Stewart aud Ilalley, who were in the rcusa at the time, were at on^e sent for, , but their skill was of no avail, Hewitt iving ra about two minutes after their crural. The cause of death is stated by *is saecuro*! .geut£tuu?u ty bu feuSooation.

cinsed by the abscess bursting interhally while the man Was asleep. Had he been awake at the time, ib is improbable that fatal consequences would have ensued.. Deceased was apparently about thirty-five yoars of age, and was employed at Clydevale station as a shepherd.