SUDDEN DEATH.
A man named Joseph Simms, employed as a slaughterman at Messrs Towhsend and Batemen's abbatoirs, Parawai, died suddenly last night or this morning. The circumstances are as follows :—Deceased, who was about 35 years of age, was last seen alive at 5 o'clock by Mr Tonkin, of the Bridge Inn, when he was apparently in good health and quite eober. Tbis morning at 7.30, Mr Townsend having gone out to bring in the meat, found deceased lying stone dead in his bunk in the hut occupied by him near the slaughter-house. Mr Townsend speedily gave information to the police, who, on proceeding to the place found no marks of violence on the body. Dr Huxtable made a postmortem examination, and as we were going to press, a Coroner's inquest was being held at the old court house, Shortland. The deceased has a brother here employed as a miner, also a sister married to Mr Alexander Hanlen.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3841, 21 April 1881, Page 2
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158SUDDEN DEATH. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3841, 21 April 1881, Page 2
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