DEATH BY GAS SUFFOCATION.
THE CHRISTCHURCH FATALITY. [PB?-S3 ASSOCIATION TELEUaAM.I CHRISTCHURCH, May 28. An inquest was held this afternoon before Mr H. W. Bishop, Coroner, touching the death of Peter Murdoch, of Mosgiel, a farmer, whoso age was 48. Murdoch came up with a party ofl children who were visiting the New Zealand. The evidence of the manager of Coker’s Hotel, where deceased stayed, was to the effect that deceased registered about 8.30 p.m. on the 16th: He had a single room witha gas jet with an ordinary burner on a bracket from tho wall. It was in a position which could hot be reached from the bed. It was not an easy burner to turn on, and was with a gas jet with an ordinary burner that it was either on or off. Tho impression witness formed was that deceased had got up to light the gas and had turned it on and thru dropped back on his bed as he could not hnd matches. His position suggested that. Other evidence was given as to the means adopted to restore deceased to consciousness. A verdict recorded that deceased died of accidental suffocation' by gas.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3944, 29 May 1913, Page 4
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195DEATH BY GAS SUFFOCATION. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3944, 29 May 1913, Page 4
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