FATAL COLLAPSE
Hastings Woman's Death VERDICT AT INQUEST A verdict that death was duo to heart disease was returned by the Coroner, Mr G. Ebbett, J.P., at the inquest into the sudden death yesterday of Mrs David Thompson, of Fenwick street, Hastings. The inquest was conducted in the Hastings Magistrate'e Court yesterday afternoon. Mrs Thompson was found dead in a room at her home shortly after mid-day yesterday- when a neighbonr, attracted by the continued cries of an 18-months-old baby, entered the residence. Mrs Thompson was about 30 years of age. Evidence was given at the inquest that Mrs Thompson, when last seen by her husband at 7 a.m. yesterday, had seemed in normal health. He later went to work and his wife was left alone in the house? except for the infant. Mrs Thompson apparently suffered a fatal heart attack about an hour and a-lialf before the neighbour came to investigate why the child was crying so much. Dr. D. A. Bathgate was Stimmoned. and a post-morteln was later held .
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 129, 17 June 1937, Page 4
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