The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-07-03 00:00:00

ISLE OF WIGHT.

SUDDIN DIATE AT NIWPORT.—A sad instance
of sudden death oceurred in this town on Tuesday,
about half pest 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The report
goon eireuleted and souse doubts were entertained that
it was anteceded. but upon inquiry it was discovered
to be too tree that Mr. Newman, the wife of Mr.
Matthew Neeman. of the Star hotel, had died very
suddenly. without • moment's warning. leaving seven
'mall children, the eldest being .bout 12 years of age.
The sad and melancholy event has east • great gloom
ever the town, that one who, in the prime and rigour of
life, should so suddenly be tak-n away. The particulars
ars as follows: An inemeat wan held at the Star hotel
on Wednesday, before Frederick Blake. Seq., coroner
f the Island, on the body of Mary Ann, wife of Mr.
Matthew Newman, landlord of the above hones, aged
31 yews, who died suddenly on the previous afternoon.
—Elisabeth Jane Jay deposed that elm was barmaid and
had lived in the bowie nearly twelve months. Dee:eased
was not well when she first came, bat recently
had enjoyed very good health; indeed elle had never
beard her complain. She had her dinner as amuck and
witness dined with her. Demeued was then quite well
and merry, goi ate a hearty dinner, after with& she wait
walking about the house and took the child (five months
old) from OM of the temente, and went into the bar
parlour with it. Witness remained with her, when she
was laughing and playing with the baby, and asked
her to get the child's feeding bottle. She went into the
kitchen and put some warm water into it, and serried
it Into the bar parlour to Mrs. Newman, who Uwe naked
her to give bee a newspaper, which she did. Witness
afterwards walked oat of the room, and before she got
to the kitchen door, which is close by. she heard the
baby cry, and went back and said. "Fe the food too
warm?' As she got to the Mr parlour door she saw the
baby on the couch and the deceased just falling on the
chair by her side. She might the child up and raa to cell
Mr. Newman, who was upstairs. She, however, met •
servant on the top of the stairs, and went bulk to Mn.
Newman, who bad then been only just lifted up. and
witeme.put a pillow under her head. She gave the
child to the girl. aod bathed deceased with vinegar, and
eke gave no, sigh. When witness left the bar parlour
deceased bad the child in the lap, resting cm her arm,
and giving it the bottle. She was' reading the paper,
with her arm resting in the tail* by the aide of the
end appeared quite well. In answer to Dr.
witness said deceased was not gobjeet to palpi-
tetion of the heart. In manning upstairs she used to
stop to breathe. She had not been in the habit of pot-
ting her band on her left side —Henry Castle, IL D.,
said he had attended demised profeceonally, and
knew her only by eight. He was celled foe by Mr.
Newman about lialf.put 3 o'clock on the previous
afternoon. He went immediately, and band diremeed
sitting in a side room, with her head oo • pillow. She
WY dead, bat quite warm. Her face was somewhat
secreted and livid, in tonneetiou with sudden death,
which he thooebt was occasioned by the rapture of •
large mewl in the heart, and that death was occasioned
hem natural causes, stopping the circulation and re
itnration at the some time. —The jury, without hasher
two, retained • verdict accordingly.