ELDERLY MAN FOUND DEAD IN BACH
(United Press Association) ROTORUA, Ist October. An old-age pensioner named John Harrison, aged 65, was found this morning lying dead on his bed in a bach which he occupied in Eruera street. The discovery was made by a neighbour who, noticing that Harrison had not been about since Tuesday, made investigations and looking through a window saw the body lying on a bed. Mr Harrison was holding a newspaper of Tuesday’s date in his hand and had apparently died while reading it. Dr. Dorset, who was summoned, stated that death was due to heart failure.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 2 October 1936, Page 7
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101ELDERLY MAN FOUND DEAD IN BACH Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 2 October 1936, Page 7
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