DEATHS.
OWENS. — March 13, at Ourlett's Lane, Upper Riccarton, Violet Muriel, youngest and dearly beloved daughter of John and Emily Owens; aged seventeen years. Loved by ill who know her. -Star, 15/3/1906.
INQUEST.
An inquest was held this morning, touching the death of Violet Muriel Owens, who died on Tuesday afternoon. The inquiry was before Mr V. G. Day.
Emily Owens, mother of the deceased, stated that she brought deceased home from service on Friday last. Dr Crawshaw attended her. A miscarriage occurred on Saturday night. The doctor was not present, and did not arrive till next morning. He told witness her daughter was in a dangerous condition. On Monday, Dr Crawshaw decided to perform an operation, as deceased had blood poisoning. He was assisted by Dr Shone. Deceased appeared to recover somewhat after the operation, but gradually sank, and died on Tuesday afternoon. Deceased was seventeen years old. Witness asked deceased repeatedly if anything had been done to her, but she said she had taken nothing and done nothing but had had a fall on Monday week while carrying clothes out of a laundry.
Dr James Henry Crawshaw, practising temporarily as locum tenens for Dr Diamond, stated that deceased was brought to his surgery on March 9, and she was so ill he advised that she be sent home at once. A miscarriage occurred on Monday, and the deceased was so much worse after it that he and Dr. Shone operated on her. When the operation was finished, the girl collapsed, and was very ill for about five hours, all of which time the two stayed with her. She rallied then, and they left her. On Tuesday he saw her again at 11 a.m., when she seemed fairly well, but she died quite suddenly during the afternoon. He could not assign any cause of death except shock, probably due to the operation.
Dr William Vernon Shone gave similar evidence.
Dr Herbert McClelland Inglis, who made a post-mortem examination of the deceased, said the conditions were quite consistent with a previous miscarriage. In his opinion the cause of death was collapse from shock, and subsequent peritonitis.
A verdict was returned that deceased died from shock, consequent upon an operation. -Star, 15/3/1906.
OWENS. — In loving remembrance of Violet Muriel, youngest dearly beloved daughter of John and Emily Owens, who died at Riccarton March 13, 1906.
The Lord hath taken away my Violet, But I will not repine,
For Jesus in his bosom wears The flower that once was mine.
Thou’rt not forgotten, dearest sister, Nor wilt thou ever be;
As long as life and memory last We will remember thee.
Inserted by her loving mother, father, brothers and, sisters. -Lyttelton Times, 13/3/1907.
OWENS. — In loving memory of Violet Muriel, dearly beloved daughter of J. and E. Owens, who died as Riccarton on March 13th, 1906. Loved by all who knew her.
Dear Violet, we gaze on your picture that hangs on the wall;
Your smiles and your welcome we often recall.
We miss you and mourn you in silence unseen,
And dwell on memory of days that have been.
I often sit and think of you, dear Violet, When I am all alone;
But memory is the only thing That grief can call its own.
Inserted by her loving mother, father, brothers and sisters. -Lyttelton Times, 13/3/1908.
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