ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
"DEATH FROM BURNING. By Telegraph—Press .'.Association. Dunedin, July 21. : Air. Bartholomew, Coroner, held an inquest at Ravensbourne. to-day concerning the death of J[rs. Thouisiana Anderson. It appeared from the evidence that deceased had been admitted to Seacliff Mental Hospital in January, and was discharged about three weeks later. She., suffered from hallucinations, but went about her household, duties as''usual. She must have been seized with a sudden suicidal tendency, and had .smashed some of the furniture, sprinkled kerosene about liberally,. arid set fire to the chairs and sofa in the front room.' It-was a wonder that the place was not biirnt down. The Coroner found that death was due to shock from burning, self-inflicted, deceased being of unsound 1 mind at the time. ' '
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2830, 22 July 1916, Page 9
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126ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2830, 22 July 1916, Page 9
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