DEATH FROM EXPOSURE.
WOMAN ESCAPES FROM HOSPITAL. Dunedin* January 17. Catherine Susan Macdonald, aged 45 years, who escaped from the hospital a week ago, was found early this morning at the foot of an embankment at. Queen’s Drive. She was still alive when found, but died from exposure before a doctor came. She was married, but living apart from her husband. The evidence at the inquest showed that she had influenza, and had suffered from depression, jrlthough she was rational. Deceased left the Dunedin Hospital in her night attire early on the morning of January 4th, and no trace of her was found till to-day. About four months ago -he went into the bush, when her child was taken from her, and she had suffered ill-health since. The medical evidence was that death was due to starvation, inanition, and exposure, accelerated by a fall. The inquest was adjourned.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2381, 19 January 1922, Page 2
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148DEATH FROM EXPOSURE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2381, 19 January 1922, Page 2
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