SEA CAPTAIN’S SUICIDE.
Dunedin, Yesterday
Captain John Scott, the master of the Union Company’s steamer Kamona, cut his throat this morning, and died while on the -way to the hospital. He left the Kamona at Lyttelton last Wednesday-on sick leave, and came to his home in Dunedin.
Captain Scott, who was about thirty-six years of age, was generally regarded as being a very promising master in the Union Company. He was for a long time in charge of the Corinna, and was promoted recently to the Pohcrua, and then to the Kamona. It is understood that his little son died a few days ago, and that he had been worrying over the bereavement. Captain Scott was very well-known in "Wellington/—Post,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1760, 4 December 1917, Page 3
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120SEA CAPTAIN’S SUICIDE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1760, 4 December 1917, Page 3
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