ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
A WOMAN'S SUICIDE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. The body 'of Margaret Jane Amess, a married woman, aged 4!) years, who liad been living with her husband at Opawa, was found in the river at Heathcote this morning. Mrs. Amess was missed late last night. Her husband had retired early, leaving her in the d'rawing-room. About mine o'clock a daughter came home and missed her mother, and an allnight search was instituted. At 6.30 this morning her husband found the body in the river. At the inquest it was stated that Mrs. Amess had been in illhealth for some time. A verdict of suicide while temporarily of unsound mind was returned. CHILD SUFFOCATED. Auckland, Last Night. A little girl named Belinda Bow, aged 9 years, was suffocated to-day through the' mattress catching fire during her parents' absence. It is supposed the child was playing with matches. The fire in the house was extinguished with little damage.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 233, 30 March 1912, Page 5
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160ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 233, 30 March 1912, Page 5
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