Napier, Last Night. Attempted Suicide.
William Collins, groom in a livery stable, attetr.] ted suicide this movninir. He went to the stables at 8 o'clock, but instead of attending to his work entered the office, whore theie were two gun*, a muzzle and a breech-loader. Finding no ammunition to load the muzzle gun he emptied a cartridge for the purpose, and then placed the muzzle undei his chin and pulled the trigger. Mis jaws, tongue, and nose were completely blown away, but the brain is uninjured. The report alarmed a fellow-workman, who conveyed the man to the hospital. Collins had been drinking hard lately. He has a wife and three children. The doctors entertain a hope of saving his life
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Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1235, 29 May 1880, Page 3
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120Napier, Last Night. Attempted Suicide. Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1235, 29 May 1880, Page 3
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