A SAD TRAGEDY
RESULT OF WAR INJURY. ' October 27. . ~ Ah . ltujuost was held. At Waipiro Bay -, bh jiSatlxrda£;. ;’conc;orii;ing thb. death 6f fegSutlfl John Burnett, 39, *r ihatWed,; with four. children, who was fband ha'rtgdng in' hfrhWe. • - ■’ 4 had-, been .employed in the for the fei/gjbt years. g* ;i ; Evidence was given by the widow that help husband always suffered severely frbm hefves due to war experiJhhviHg been gassed ahd woundpreviously threatened;;to .dike h'ikown life. When'tbb Bay Hall, whicli-'hdjo'inod tKeir.Ebme was buffed to the ground -last 1 Sunday, the; explosion gas cylinder ha4'piously (upset.liim After other, evidence had been, heard; the; jhry rethtired a - verdict of//death: from strangijation',. self • infected, while temporarily insane.. A rider wgs; iddbd <jfhat deceased was induced .to y|fc§ hi! life through injuries received in Waf.service., •••. >.'• •„ •:'••• '
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1929, Page 3
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130A SAD TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1929, Page 3
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