Lehmann Henschke - Person Sheet
Lehmann Henschke - Person Sheet
Obituary
The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Thu 12 Dec 1872 88085
SUDDEN DEATH AT BROMPTON.
On Tuesday afternoon, December 10, an in-
quest was held at Hindmarsh, before Dr. Clin-
dening, J.P., and a Jury of 12, upon the body
of Edward Hamence who had died suddenly
at Brompton on the morning of the same day.
Wm. Rose, jun., of Bowden, shoemaker, said—
I saw deceased last alive this morning about
half-past 6 o'clock, trying to raise himself by
the aid of a fence at the corner of Drayton
street. He had his hands on the top rail. He
was on his knees on the ground. He did not
succeed in getting up—he appeared too weak.
A person named Henry Burford was with me at
the time. We went together to deceased to
assist him, and carried him under a verandah
about 40 yards away, belonging, I believe to
Mr. Biggs. I sent for the doctor, who came
and found him dead. We laid him out under a
verandah and rolled his coat up into a pillow,
and put it under his head. He breathed only
once after we laid him out. By the Jury—He
said his breath was very short, but said no more.
Not more than 10 minutes elapsed from the
time I first saw him until he was dead. Mary
Hamence, wife of deceased—I last saw him
alive at a quarter-past 6 o'clock this morning.
He complained of being very short of breath.
He did not complain of pain. He has been ill
for three months with what was considered a
cold, but refused to have medical advice. He
has been spitting blood for three months. He
had a slight cough, but nothing to create alarm.
He appeared very unwell this morning—very
weak, and I did not wish him to go out, but he
persisted in doing so. He was going to his
employment—that of a carpenter—on North
terrace, at Mr. Codd's. He took a small break-
fast, as usual lately. By the Jury—He was 66
years of age. By the Coroner—Up to three
months ago he appeared in very good
health. Edward Elphick, of Hindmarsh, legally-
qualified medical practitioner, said —I have
made a post mortem examination of the body of
deceased. I found extensive inflammation of
both lungs. Then was also enlargement of
some of the cavities of the heart. There was
disease from distension, and also from thicken
ing. The large arteries were in a diseased con-
dition. The other organs of the body were
healthy. Failure of the heart's action was the
immediate cause of death, and that was the
remit of the diseased state of the arteries. By
the Coroner—There were no marks of violence
externally. The Jury returned a verdict of
died from natural causes.
SUDDEN DEATH AT BROMPTON.
On Tuesday afternoon, December 10, an in-
quest was held at Hindmarsh, before Dr. Clin-
dening, J.P., and a Jury of 12, upon the body
of Edward Hamence who had died suddenly
at Brompton on the morning of the same day.
Wm. Rose, jun., of Bowden, shoemaker, said—
I saw deceased last alive this morning about
half-past 6 o'clock, trying to raise himself by
the aid of a fence at the corner of Drayton
street. He had his hands on the top rail. He
was on his knees on the ground. He did not
succeed in getting up—he appeared too weak.
A person named Henry Burford was with me at
the time. We went together to deceased to
assist him, and carried him under a verandah
about 40 yards away, belonging, I believe to
Mr. Biggs. I sent for the doctor, who came
and found him dead. We laid him out under a
verandah and rolled his coat up into a pillow,
and put it under his head. He breathed only
once after we laid him out. By the Jury—He
said his breath was very short, but said no more.
Not more than 10 minutes elapsed from the
time I first saw him until he was dead. Mary
Hamence, wife of deceased—I last saw him
alive at a quarter-past 6 o'clock this morning.
He complained of being very short of breath.
He did not complain of pain. He has been ill
for three months with what was considered a
cold, but refused to have medical advice. He
has been spitting blood for three months. He
had a slight cough, but nothing to create alarm.
He appeared very unwell this morning—very
weak, and I did not wish him to go out, but he
persisted in doing so. He was going to his
employment—that of a carpenter—on North
terrace, at Mr. Codd's. He took a small break-
fast, as usual lately. By the Jury—He was 66
years of age. By the Coroner—Up to three
months ago he appeared in very good
health. Edward Elphick, of Hindmarsh, legally-
qualified medical practitioner, said —I have
made a post mortem examination of the body of
deceased. I found extensive inflammation of
both lungs. Then was also enlargement of
some of the cavities of the heart. There was
disease from distension, and also from thicken
ing. The large arteries were in a diseased con-
dition. The other organs of the body were
healthy. Failure of the heart's action was the
immediate cause of death, and that was the
remit of the diseased state of the arteries. By
the Coroner—There were no marks of violence
externally. The Jury returned a verdict of
died from natural causes.