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About Frances D'Eannette Leather
Newspapers - Otago Witness 18 September 1912 Page 34
SUDDEN DEATH.
The coroner (Mr C. C. Graham) held an inquest on the 12th touching the death of Frances D'Anette Leather, a young married woman, who expired suddenly in her home on Wednesday evening. The police were represented by Senior Sergeant King. Dr James Watt, the first witness, deposed that he had known the deceased for about two years, but had not attended her professionally. The previous day he had been called tor, and had tound the deceased at hex residence in Kaikorai lying dead on the kitchen floor, fully dre&sed. He had made a post mortem examination, and found no external marks of violence or anything to indicate tho cause of death. Internally he found evidence of longstanding heart disease. The aortic valves were thickened and degenerated and the heart dilated and enlarged. The state of tho organ was ,siich that sudden death might have occurred at any time, particularly after any slight excitement. Bertram Leather, gardener, the husband of the deceased, stated that his wife was 27 years of age, and was the mother of two children, one aged 13 months. His wife had been in very good health lately, though for years she had been subject to pains in the back. He had never been informed that she had any heart affection, but he was aware that she suffered from palpitation. She had been treated for indigestion and anaemia, but during the last three years they had not had professional advice. The previous day she was in her usual state of health, and was driven in a motor to the polling booth at Kaikorai a little before 7 o'clock. She was hurried and bustled on account of being a little late. They returned home in the car, and when they were nearly home she said: " I feel as if I were choking." She walked into the house by herself and threw herself down in a chair. He thought she had fainted, and her face was drawn, as if in pain. She said: "I am dying," and almost immediately he rang up for the doctor. He loosened her clothing, stretched her out full length, and, acting on a neighbour's advice, bathed her with hot water. Dr Watt was not at home when first rung up, and when he came —in less than half an hour—he could only 6ay it was too late. The Coroner said this was one of those sad cases where people had weak hearts and were not aware of it, and often did not take sufficient care. He found a verdict in accordance with the doctor's evidence—that the cause of death was serious heart disease.
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Frances D'Eannette Leather's Timeline
| 1885 |
March 31, 1885
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Naseby, Otago, New Zealand
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| 1909 |
August 11, 1909
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Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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| 1911 |
July 26, 1911
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Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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| 1912 |
September 11, 1912
Age 27
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Forth Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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