News Article re death of Edward Alfred STUBBS published in The Mercury (Hobart, Tas: 1860-1954) Monday 20 June 1910, Page 6
LIVERPOOL-STREET FATALITY.
VERDICT OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH.
Mr. T. Bennison (Coroner) held an inquest on Saturday concerning the death of Edward Alfred Stubbs, aged 62.
Dr. Roberts, senior house surgeon at the General Hospital, stated that the deceased was admitted to the institution at 2.20 p.m. on Friday. He was almost pulseless, and suffering from great shock, and complained of pain in the back. There were no marks of violence, and no bones were broken. Witness did all that was possible to relieve him, but he gradually sank, and died at about 3 p.m. the same day. He had made a post-mortem examination. All the organs were healthy and normal, but there was a small cancerous tumour attached to the body of the tenth vertebrae of the spine. The tumour was ruptured, and also a small artery, from which a large quantity of blood had escaped into tho chest cavity. In his opinion, death was due to hemorrhage, following upon the rupture of an artery into the chest cavity, which was due to violence.
Claud Foster, butcher, said that at about 2 p.m. on Friday he saw the deceased driving a horse attached to a light spring dray down Liverpool street. He had hold of the left-hand rein only, and the animal was beyond his control. It was going at a fair pace. Witness rushed out and endeavoured to stop it. He called out to Stubbs to let the horse go straight down the street. When near the intersection of Liverpool and Murray streets the horse was either pulled or swerved round into Murray-street, nearly jambing witness against the verandah post on the corner. The horse swung over towards Reynolds's shop, and appeared to shy at a case which was near the gutter, and, colliding with Mr. Bromich's cab, capsized the dray. The deceased was thrown partly under the cart and pinned down by the step. Witness held the horse's head while the animal was lying on the ground, and the deceased was removed and taken to Miller's chemist shop.