GIRL STABBED BY FISH
VERDICT AT INQUEST (press asiiociatiom telegram.) THAMES, December 1. At an inquest held this morning into the death of Miss Jessie Merle Laing. who died from the effects of a stab by a fish when bathing off the coast near Thames last Sunday, the Coroner returned a'verdict in accordance with the medical evidence that death was caused by stabbing by a salt-water fish, believed to be a stingray.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22574, 2 December 1938, Page 21
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