Determined Attempt at suicide.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) > ... Arc^^AND, Sept. 2s. ../; , A nr.dn named Prank Davidson at- ~ftempted xuicide s at Northcote 'thftT morning. vHerwas;- tfredi:d£ his^WSp J uecnuse he was tronblodwilh paralysis. I He adoptexl * *in€«lrtr mode of selAdestruction- He placed ari'iroh^pot \ '■ hi ihfl ground, put iv twenty pound* ! * * of po wdeVj nnd having heated solder, iug iron laid . ov«rV* and- stuck' tbe iron into the powder: A great explosion followed, and Davidson wag found: with his clothe* 6u /fire, 'an<| terribly mutihired rushing about Ibnk- * ing for the pistols wldeh he had pi'eviously loaded, m case tfie other V ; effort failed. The neighbours took •'. him to the hospital, where W lies m [a dangerous state. ■ '■. '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 257, 26 September 1884, Page 2
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116Determined Attempt at suicide. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 257, 26 September 1884, Page 2
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