A FATAL LEAP.
Napier, August 6. Robert John Couper, aged 50, a farmer from Wairoa, jumped from the second floor of the Masonic Hotel yesterday and died on his way to the hospital. Deceased suffered considerably from ill-health. His wife witnessed the fatal leap, but her hold on his night-clothing only succeeded in tearing out a portion.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1745, 7 August 1917, Page 3
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57A FATAL LEAP. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1745, 7 August 1917, Page 3
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