SUDDEN DEATHS IN CITY
THREE MEN COLLAPSE. ONE VICTIM AT i^ACES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 12. Immediately after lie had made an investment on the tote at Riccarton yesterday, Donald McLennan, a. fellmonger, aged 71, residing at Maori Hill, Dunedin, was seen to put his hand to liis heart and collapse. Jhe cause was heart failure. Two other Dunedin men. died suddenly in. Christchurch yesterday. Alfred George Hall, married, a well-known horse breeder of Taieri, and Herbert Blackburn, aged 50, of Musselburgh. Natural causes are believed in each case. A coincidence was. that both Hill and Blackburn died in their rooms a.t respective hotels. An inquest will be held on Blackburn.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 12 August 1931, Page 9
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