SHOCKING DEATH OF A COOK.

Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3213, 28 January 1893, Page 2 (Supplement)

SHOCKING DEATH OF A COOK.

Ghohgk Harrison,, 42 year? of age, a rank' at the George "etroeti; Asylum for Infirm and Destitute,- Parramatta, met with a shooking death tha other afte'rnoqh. ' He was assisting,,in the annual Christmas festivities^i arid was attending to the preparation of, the tea," which was being nude copper. The'tea was in ii bag:, and,wois;hed 141b, p and while he - was attempting to pull this out after the; tea had "drawn" he overbalanced and fell headlong into the boiline cauldron. Two other inmates were in the Idtcheri at the time, but they were powerlesß to'pull him out. .An assistant hearing;the screams rushed forward, and caught, hold of the man's leg, but the akin peeled off in his hands, and theliody sank in the boiling tea,, Other assistance name, and the unfortunate man was pulled out in an utter state of collapse, : A doctor was soon in attendance, but death ensued tlireo. hours after the occurrence. Deceasod was paralysed/and had been cautioned against attempting to pull the bag but," Tho shocking fatality threw a damner over the old men's festivities,^An inquest was; held the same evening, and a vordiofc of_ aoci< dental death returned. | Deceased haa been an; inmate of the institution since 1888,