SUDDEN DEATH.
■ ■ ■ «. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Graiiahstown, Thursday. A man named Joseph Simms, employed by Messrs. Towusend and Batoman as slaughterman, was found dead in his cottage, at Parawai, this morning. The deceased was last seen alive about 5 o'clock yesterday evening, and on Mr. Townsend going out to the slaughterhouse for meat this morning, he discovered him lying dead in his bunk. Dr. Huxtable mado a post mortem examination, and an inquest was held this afternoon. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned. Deceased was 58 years of age.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6062, 22 April 1881, Page 5
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