DEATH BY DROWNING
Inquest On Man Found In Water Trough Dominion Special Service DANNEVIRKE, Marell 28. An inquest was held last night into the death of Albert George Talbut, a Wellington City Council employee, who was found drowned in a water trough on Sunday, before the coroner, Mr. W. Dobson, J.P. A verdict of death by drowning was given in accordance with medical evidence. The coroner said that in view of the unusual circumstances he had. visited the scene and examined the trough. There was insufficient evidence to justify a definite finding. Mr. Talbut may have struck his head and fainted and been drowned while unconscious.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 157, 29 March 1939, Page 6
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106DEATH BY DROWNING Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 157, 29 March 1939, Page 6
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