Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912) Thu 21 Apr 188778855

A FATAL FALL.—The City Coroner held an
enquiry at the Elephant and Castle Hotel on
Wednesday ftlterroon into the cause of
the death of Henry Schutt, who fell from
a building, and as the result of his injuries
died on the previous afternoon.
Schutt, according to the evidence, was
painting a house for his uncle, James
Marrett, at Hilton, on Tuesday morning.
He was sitting on the sill of a window about
15 feet from the ground, with his legs inside.
Suddenly he was seen to throw up his arms,
and after swaying once or twice to fall. Mr.
Marrett, who was immediately below, suc-
ceeded slightly in breaking the fall, so that
Schutt instead of falling on to his head fell
with his face to the ground. He was immediately!
picked up and removed to town. Dr.
Hamilton saw him, and ordered his removal
to the Hospital. On the way there he
had a fit. When the surgeon on duty
examined him, immediately on arrival, Schutt
was dead. Dr. Hamilton afterwards made
a post mortem examination, and found the
base of the skull fractured. The cause of
death was shock consequent upon the fracture
of the skull. The verdict of the Jury
was in accordance with the doctor's evi-
dence. Schutt, who was 43 years of age,
leaves a wife and seven children, of whom
the eldest is 11 years of age.