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IN WELLINGTON HOMES Young Persons Found Dead [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON. February 12. Grace Rosalie Burch, aged 13, was found dead in the bath at her home in Wellington on Saturday evening. She attended a Salvation Army picnic during the day. When found, by her father, who had to break open the bathroom door, she was on her knees with her face under water. The girl is understood to have enjoyed perfect health. Robert Paul, an accountant, aged 24, was found in a house at Normandale to-day, suffering from head injuries, through a shotgun having been discharged in his mouth. The gun was beside him. He died o* the way to the hospital. The body of Elwyn John Adams, a married man, ag«d 31, was found today in a house in Petone, with head in the gas oven.
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Grey River Argus, 13 February 1940, Page 5
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