SUICIDE VERDICT.
An inquest touching the death of Thomas Frater "Wilson, of Dominion Road, who was found with his head in a gas oven at liis home o» Sundav morning last, was held br Mr. F. K. Hunt S.M., coroner, to-day.
__Tlie deceased, who was married and years of acre, had, according to the evidence of his widow, been "suffering with heart trouble for 18 months and had been receiving medical Attention. When she got up at 8.30 a.m. on Sunday morning she found the kitchen full of gas and the deceased with his head in the oven. A blanket covered his head. A verdict of suicide was returned.
1 1 1 the motor cycle he was rfiHnz | was involved in a eoliisiin with a motor ; truck at the corner of Kast and France \ Streets, City, about 10 o'clock this 1 niorninjr, Mr. Peter Bradford Grant, a»ed 1 23, of 44, College Hill, suffered a fracture ' of the ribs and shock. He was taken 5. to the Auckland Hospital in a St. Johii ambulance. His condition is not serious.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 126, 31 May 1938, Page 8
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