BODY FOUND
The body of Elwyn John Adams, a married man, aged 31, was found at 17 the Esplanade, Petone, at 7.40 a.m. today with his head in a gas oven.
At 8 o'clock tliis morning the Fire Brigade received a call to 172 Sydney Street West, a wooden house of three rooms. The fire, which was confined to the kitchen, was caused through an electric radiator setting fire to some curtains.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 36, 12 February 1940, Page 9
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72BODY FOUND Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 36, 12 February 1940, Page 9
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