LOST OVERBOARD

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 460, 30 June 1937, Page 5

LOST OVERBOARD

WANGANUI WOMAN’S DEATH Coroner Returns Open Verdict Press Association—Copyright. Wellington, June 30. ! A finding that deceased war lost I overhead and drowned at sea during the passage' of t'he Rlangatira from Lyttelton to Wellington on May 2, and that he could find no cause to say she had committed suicide, was ireturned by the Coroner, Mr Gilberteon, at an inquest on Marjorie Elizabeth Jane Fulton, aged 68, a married woman. The inquest was conducted by order of the Attorney-General, under Section 3 of the Coroners’ Amendment Act. The husband, Nicholas Fulton, of Wanganui, said his wife had been suffering from general nervous disorder for a number of years, and since 1935 had been an initiate of the hospital at Hanner Springs. Her health had shown a continued) decline, and recently she had asked him to take her home. He told of being awakened by the stewardess on the Rangatira and informed that no trace of his wife could be found. Family and medical reports were produced l , stating that deceased had suffered from involuntary melancholia. There was no evidence of deceased dually committing suicide, said the Coroner, although she might have had a sudden urge to do away with herself. The evidence showed that th c, re was a deck watch kept on the Rangttira, but it was possible 'that someone could l jump overboard unseen. It had happened before.