SHOCKING SUICIDE AT SEA. OFFICIAL INQUIRR.
(pee united press association.) Wemjnoton, June 27. Mr George Dixon, the well-known ijordial manufacturer here, committed suicide by jumping overboard from the Taiaroa. When he left Auckland it was noticed that he appeared to be very un'well. When .the steamer got out to sea, after leaving the Spit at 1 a.m. yesterday, he became violently delirious, ahd three stewards were told off to watch him, in turn. About 10.40 yesterday morning, during a heavy gale, a tremendous sea was shipped. The steward left him in order to put things straight in the .saloon, whioh was _ flooded . Dixon was confined t» the ladies' cabin, the stewardess watching him. Dixon took advantage of an , opportunity to rush on deck and jump overboard, sinking at once. A mountainous sea was running, and it was impossible even to attempt to rescue him. He leaves a wife and several children. The official inquiry into the circumstances oonneoted with the siiioide committed by George Dixon, by jumping off the steamer Taiaroa, was held this afternoon', but no additional facts were disclosed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 10236, 28 June 1883, Page 2
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181SHOCKING SUICIDE AT SEA. OFFICIAL INQUIRR. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 10236, 28 June 1883, Page 2
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