DEATH OF LORD CARNARVON
CONSCIOUS TILL NEAR THE END (Roc. April 5, 8 p.m.) London, April 5. %ho Earl of Carnarvon died in Egypt at 2 o’clock this morning. He was conscious till near tho endIt is recorded that by a curious chance ho casually asked the keejoer of Egyptian antiques in the British Museum to suggest a hobby, and that when Egyptology was suggested Lord Carnarvon devoted practically his. whole time to asking questions on tho subject.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [Lori Carnarvon, who came into great prominence through his discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb in the Valley of tho Kings, Egypt, was nearly 57 years of age. Recently he was reported to te suffering from blood poisoning, which was followed by pneumonia.] >
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 170, 6 April 1923, Page 7
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