UNUSUAL FATALITY
DEATH FH0&1 STAB BY FISH [Per United Press Association.] THAMES, December 1. An inquest was held this morning concerning 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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Evening Star, Issue 23129, 1 December 1938, Page 12
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75UNUSUAL FATALITY Evening Star, Issue 23129, 1 December 1938, Page 12
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