A Warwickshire vicar had a dis- 1 tressing experience on n visit to express sympathy with a woman whose husband luid died, lie was shown into the. drawingroom,, ami upon sitting down in a large easy choir, was. surprised to hear a loud report, the air cushion had burst. AABien the widow ehterd, li% expressed his condolence and mentioned the burst air cushion, offering to replace* it. The | widow burst into tears, and remark- : od; “You can never do that. Afv husband’s last breath’was in thatcushion.- Ho died from heart failure j blowing-it up.” j
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 13094, 16 February 1937, Page 3
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