BURIED ALIVE.
Ghastly Revelation In English Crime. AGED COUPLE'S FATE. Australian T'loss Assn.-—United Service.) (Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 24. Medical evidence on the death of Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, who were found buried in a shallow hole near Stockton-on-Tees, indicated that both were buried alive while insensible, death occurring eight to twenty hours prior to exhumation. The man had several wounds on the head and scratches on his back, indicating that he had been dragged by the feet. Marks on the woman's throat pointed to strangulation, while scratches on her face showed that she had been dragged a short distance. Her head bore large abrasions. Grit in her lungs and at the bronchial point in the man's windpipe led to the conclusion that both gasped for breath after burial.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 227, 25 September 1928, Page 7
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130BURIED ALIVE. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 227, 25 September 1928, Page 7
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