ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
AN OLD MAN'S SUICIDE. ;.1| ' i By Telegraph.—Press Assocfetifot. \ Hastings, Tuesday. Andrew Thow, 72 years of age, wal found leaning in a water barrel containin( 15 inches of water, quite dead. Deceased suffered from rheumatism, and in a flj of despondency five months ago attempt ed suicide by cutting his throat. An ia« quest is being held. \ a PECULIAR BEHAVIOUR, i:« \ Dunedin, Tuesday. , Conway Davenport, employed at stock* taking by Messrs Stewart Dawson and Co., jewellers, received notice of dial missal yesterday. He purchased a t& volver, went to Lawyer's Head and firtdl two bullets into his head, then walked to the tram, returned to town, anJ "WMI then conveyed to the hospital. BotiK bullets lodged in his head and an opera* tion will be necessary to extract thea»r Davenport expressed regret for what hj& had done. ; .j Dunedin, Last Night, f Conway Devonport, who shot ihSuflrfff at Lawyer's Head yesterday, underwent an operation at the hospital to-day, <iw# bullets being extracted from his He is making satisfactory progress, 'J
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 151, 5 October 1910, Page 5
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173ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 151, 5 October 1910, Page 5
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