GENEVA EXPLOSION
Hairdresser's Unusual Suicide
WHOLE FLAT WRECKED (Eeceived 6, 2.15 p.m.) GENEVA, April 5. The dramatic suicide of a hairdresser i-s believed to be responsible for an exxjlosion in a block of flats, in which four were killed, seven seriously injured, the buflding badly damaged, and a mass of wreckage thrown into the street. The killed included the hairdresser, his wife and chlld. The hairdresser had previously been questioned by the police on suspicion of attempted arson at his shop. He is believed to have committed suicide by means of explosion to escape trouble.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 67, 6 April 1937, Page 5
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95GENEVA EXPLOSION Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 67, 6 April 1937, Page 5
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