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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] whipped out of his boat by a flying harpoonleen. [Am. Lit.: Melville Moby Dick] distraught by a revelation, is run over in a London fog. [Br. Lit.: The Forsyte Saga]
primitive bridge in Peru breaks, hurling five people to their deaths. [Am. Lit.: Bridge of San Luis Rey] burned to death in her old house. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Great Expectations] fleeing pursuers, hangs himself with the rope he was using to escape. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Oliver Twist] becomes dizzy on the tower of his new home and falls to his death. [Nor. Drama: Ibsen The Master Builder in Magill II, 643] 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] 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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nbsp;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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