Accidents and Fatalities
. ♦ — (PEE UA'ITED PBBSB ASSOCIATION). Beisbank, February 28. Mrs Elizabeth Hyde has been convicted on a charge of murdering her husband by poisoning his food witlr strychnine, and has been sentenced to death. A man named Barry beat his wife to death with an aie handle at Eoukhampton yesterday. The assault was committed intermittently for some hours. Nakeb, February 28John Slater, a tailor, aged 55, was found dead this morning with an empty packet of " Bough on Eats" .in his pocket. He had been drinking of late. Chbistchubch, February 28. A boy named Laurie was drowned in the Avon this morning, near New Brighton. The body was found this afternoon. The deceased was five years old, and went to bathe with his older brother and got beyond his depth.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 106, 1 March 1890, Page 2
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