BURNED TO DEATH
SUICIDE AT \V HANG ARE 1. {Per Press Association.) Whangarei, April 21 Searchii's lor a missing man made a frightful discovery last evening wheri ,'diey loiuid KranQjs Daniel Rumball, aged lwenly-sc\en years, employed as a purler at the Whangarei hospital, dead in the tudi. He had evidenlK poured kerosene over his clothing ant) set life: thereto. The man hail written a letter to Ids family the previous day, indicating his initiation to commit suicide. and his father organised a search. The deceased was last seen alive yesterday afternoon hy ,\liss price, an. other member of the hospital staff. It is staled that deceased had beery subject to upilenlic Jits, .and was not nappy m liN environment. He apparently poured the kerosene over himself and was burned to death as lie lay on his' Ire k in the scrub.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LV, Issue 9465, 23 April 1927, Page 2
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