FOUND DEAD IN OFFICE
PROMINENT STRATFORD ACCOUNTANT (By Telegraph—Press Association) STRATFORD, This Day. William Power, a prominent- Stratford accountant, was found dead in his office this morning by his daughter, with a .303 rifle between his knees. Deceased had left home at 8.30 this morning and the daughter arrived at the office, where she was employed, at the usual time, and bn going into Power’s room to open the window found the body of Power. He was secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. He served on Gallipoli, and was wounded and invalided home. He was secretary of the local War Funds Council until recently, and secretary of the Stratford Racing Club. For some time past he had been in ill health. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 5 October 1936, Page 2
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