Tia I have a few who died in accidents and the newspaper coverage is interesting. I had one died in an factory accident in Stawell in 1911. The newspaper covered the story with every gory detail the next issue. The issue after that covered who was at the funeral and the order of the procession; I even have a photo of that! And the details of the inquest. I also have the inquest papers. I would not say the person below Foolishly did not seek medical treatment, as in those days people did not run to a doctor for everything. I have a little girl who was badly burnt, her dress caught fire. The doctor saw her at the time of the accident but did not go back until she had died 2 days later. For some reason there is no inquest for this death but I was surprised that that 4yo lay in a bed suffering from burns to the lower extremities for 2 days with just her family to care for her. It just gives us another look into how our ancestors tried to survive Oops just looked down at all previous e-mails and realize you were probably referring to the fellow in Canberra. The thing with death adders is that their bite can kill before you can get help, he may not have had a chance to get to medical help, unless he was a fool! Carmel.