GIRL JUMPS FROM A TRAIN.
« A PATHETIC NOTE. (By Tolecraph.—Press Association.) Gore, November 8. At the inquest 011 Elizabeth Gibson, aged 20, found dead on tho railway lino near Pukerau, on Monday night, u verdict was returned that she jumped from tho train when in a state of mental distress. The evidence, disclosed tho fact that the girl's father and mother bad been drinking, and that they werp under the influence' of liquor on the train. The following (pathetic note was written in pencil oil the fly-leaf of a novel or magassino found in the Rirl's pocket:— "Good-bye all. I am heartbroken. Forgive me for doing this, but I hope that this will let my mother know what a curse drink is.—Lill." A postscript added: "God help my sisters and brother."
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19111109.2.60
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1281, 9 November 1911, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
131GIRL JUMPS FROM A TRAIN. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1281, 9 November 1911, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in