TERRIBLE CRIME
TIMARU DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. (Per Presg Association, Copyright). TIMARU, July 30. When a lad of twelve years returned home, during the school lunch hour to-day, he found' his’ father,' William Bell, agod .oQ, -lying -unconscious on the scullery floor, alid the room filled with gas. The police f were summoned and Bell Was still unconscious when arrived.' Neighbours meanwhile,/ found the g'as ’escaping," disconnected jibe ring and turned the supply off. Later stKe, '■•ppjiee'.rfoimd’,'jVtrs"' Bell, aged 48 ypars, lying on her bed with her head in a. pool of blood. Both were taken to the hospital, by which time Bell had partly recovered but his wife remains in a serious conditions. Bell was not fit to make any state-ment“to-night, and iti. the meantime, accurate details are lacking:
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1935, Page 5
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