LOST OVERBOARD
THE CORONER'S FINDING [Pbk United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, June 30. Finding that the deceased was lost overboard and drowned at sea during the passage of the llangatira from Lyttelton to Wellington on May 2, and that he could find no cause to say she committed suicide, was the verdict returned by the coroner, Mr Gilbertson, at the inquest on Marjorie Elizabeth Jane Fulton (68), married. s The inquest was conducted by order of the Attorney-General, under section 3 of the Coroners’ Amendment Act. The husband, Nicholas Fulton, of Wanganui, said his wife had been suffering from general nervous disorder for a number of years, and since 1935 had been an inmate of the hospital at Hanmer Springs. Her health had shown continued decline, and recently she asked him to take her home. He told of being awakened by the stewardess on the Sangatira and informed that no trace of his wife could be found. They had no family. Medical reports were produced stating that the deceased had suffered from involuntary melancholia.
There was no evidence of the deceased actually committing suicide, said tlie Coroner, although she might have had a sudden urge to do away with herself. The evidence showed that a deck watch was kept on the Rangatira, but it was possible to jutnp overboard unseen. It had happened before.
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Evening Star, Issue 22688, 30 June 1937, Page 10
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223LOST OVERBOARD Evening Star, Issue 22688, 30 June 1937, Page 10
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