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HILSEA.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A PENSIONER.—On Wednesday the County Coroner (E. J. Harvey, Esq.,) held an inquest at the “Coach and Horses,” Hilsea, on the body of Alexander Ross, aged 44 years. The deceased was a pensioner, and for the past two years had worked as a labourer at Hilsea Barracks. He had lately frequently complained of pains in his side and in the region of the heart. On Monday morning he left home shortly before seven, and soon afterwards was found by a man named Wareham lying on the bank by the roadside, opposite the “Coach and Horses.” He was assisted into the hostelry, but died almost immediately.—Dr. Martin, of Cosham, attributed death to disease of the heart, and a verdict to that effect was returned.— Hampshire Telegraph, Saturday 15 April, 1876 source