A LEAP TO DEATH.
MAN JUMPS FROM TRAIN. BODY STRIKES A BRIDGE. [BT TELEGRAPH. —OWN* eOBP.ESPOKDEXT.] MORRINSVILLE. Thursday. A man named Fiesst, a resident of Lower Hutt, jumped out of a window of the 12.25 p.m. train from Morrinsville to Paeroa while approaching Morrinsville this afternoon. His neck was broken. He struck the bridge over the Waikato River, death being instantaneous. The victim is stated to have been suffering from mental depression. He was on his way to T£ Aroha for treatment, and was accompanied by his wife and mother. The deceased was 32 years of age.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17662, 24 December 1920, Page 6
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