TWIN BROTHERS
FORMER NEW ZEALANDERS
CURIOUS HISTORY AND STRANGE PRESENTIMENT. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, March 25. (Received March 25, at 12.20 p.m.) Thomas and William Irvine, twin brothers, aged forty, who were born in New Zealand, had never been parted until tho week-end, when William's body was found in Potts Hill Reservoir. Throughout their schooldays in New Zealand they were in tho same class. Both were brilliant scholars. They came to Sydney several years ago. illness overtook them, and they were taken to the Rookwood State Hospital on the same day. William loft the institution on Saturday with a razor. Interviewed by tho police, Thomas said: “ Bill has not cut his throat, but is lying in a. pool of water, with a stone near his body.” Thomas's presentiment was true. Tho police found the body at a spot almost identical with that described by tho twin brother.
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Evening Star, Issue 20133, 25 March 1929, Page 8
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148TWIN BROTHERS Evening Star, Issue 20133, 25 March 1929, Page 8
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