YOUNG WOMAN'S DEATH
(PEESS ASSOCIATION TZLZQBAU.)
WELLINGTON, November 14.
Elsie Rawlinson, a typist, aged about 25, was found dead in a Boulcott street apartment house about 1.30 on Saturday afternoon. She was bright and cheerful when her sister, Mrs McClennin, with whom she was sharing a room, left for work about 8.30 on Saturday morning. - Returning with a friend about 1.30, Mrs McClennin found the bedroom door locked. Going round to the window she saw her sister lying on the bed dead. Though there were about 12 other people in the house on Saturday morning nothing was known of the girl's death until the sister's return and no sound was heard from her room. It is understood that the young woman had been suffering _from insomnia for some time. The sisters came from New Plymouth and had been in the house ( for about eight weeks.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19371115.2.103
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22250, 15 November 1937, Page 10
Word Count
145YOUNG WOMAN'S DEATH Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22250, 15 November 1937, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.