NEW ZEALAND TWINS
LIFE COMPANIONSHIP ENDED. (Australian Press Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn.— Copyright.) (Recd. March 25, 1 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 25. Thomas and William ‘lrvine, twin brothers, aged 40, born in New Zeai land, had never been parted until this ■ week-end, when William s body was ! found at Potts’ Hill reservoir. Throughout their school days in New . Zealand, they were in the same class. ; Both were brilliant scholars. They 1 came to Sydney several years ago. Illness overtook them and they were taken to Rookwood State Hospital on the same day. William left the institution on Saturday, with a razor. Interviewed by the police, Thomas said “Bill has not cut his throat, but is lying in a pool of water with stone around it.” x Thomas’s presentiment was true. The police found the body, and the scene was almost identical with that described by the twin brother.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 25 March 1929, Page 2
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