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Death, Accidental

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Death, Accidental
Aeschylus
dramatist killed when an eagle dropped a turtle on his bald head, thinking it a rock. [Gk. Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 13]
Ahab, Captain
whipped out of his boat by a flying harpoonleen. [Am. Lit.: Melville Moby Dick]
Bosinney, Philip
distraught by a revelation, is run over in a London fog. [Br. Lit.: The Forsyte Saga]
Bridge of San Luis Rey
primitive bridge in Peru breaks, hurling five people to their deaths. [Am. Lit.: Bridge of San Luis Rey]
Havisham, Miss
burned to death in her old house. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Great Expectations]
Sikes, Bill
fleeing pursuers, hangs himself with the rope he was using to escape. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Oliver Twist]
Solness, Halyard
becomes dizzy on the tower of his new home and falls to his death. [Nor. Drama: Ibsen The Master Builder in Magill II, 643]
Wilson, Myrtle
escaping from the house where she has been locked up by her husband, she is killed by a speeding car. [Am. Lit.: Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby]
Yeobright, Eustacia
falls into a lake and drowns, as does Wildeve in an attempt to save her. [Br. Lit.: Hardy The Return of the Native]


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He advised they should choose from unlawful killing, accidental death, accidental death and neglect in relation to a defect in the system contributing to the cause of death,or an open verdict.
Through its ZON Re USA unit, the company underwrites, administers and issues accidental death, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D), accident medical and accident disability insurance policies, both on a primary and on a reinsurance basis.
 
 
 
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