MASK OF DEATH.
An experiment on himself was suggested as the cause ol the dent a of "'Walter Pitt Payne, aged 20, a dental student, of Bromley, who was found dead wearing a gas mask with the shutter of the mask partly op oil. •> The Coroner said the theory was that the young man in experimenting, had apparently taken 100 much gas, become unconscious, and unable to help himself. Dr. Pitt Payne, the father, said his son was always experimenting and witness had remarked that he would one day kill himselt. Dt. Fothergill, the father's partner, said lie was positive that the boy did not mean to attempt his life. 'I he history of anaethesia was full of incidents of men who t red experiments on themselves. .V verdict of death by misadventure was returned.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2756, 10 July 1924, Page 4
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135MASK OF DEATH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2756, 10 July 1924, Page 4
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