ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
, ~ ■ !- f.trj ( Feb Psess iAEaociAtKJN, , •(.,( i Wellingtoli, 1 Jilniiary 3. The decomposed bodt of' U soldier was found floating ’off MiraihaV wharf to-day. In one pocket Was a camp pass' hearing the name of “Pt, T. Patterson; N.Z. Riiiss.t”! Private!-William Dixon, 9th Reinforcements, aged 85, who-o(une from Dunedin] committed suicide at Trentham Hospital yesterday. He was admitted a few days ago. in an apoplectic fit. While his attendant was getting tea for him he hanged himself. An •inquest was held,-and the coroner returned a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane, no blame being attachable to anyone. . ic ; ■ ■
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 24, 4 January 1916, Page 4
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98ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 24, 4 January 1916, Page 4
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