GAS POISONING CASE.
WORRY OF UNEMPLOYMENT. A verdict of suicide by gas poisoning was returned by Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., coroner, at the inquest yesterday concerning the death of Allan Fovvlds, a married man, aged 49, residing at Hutchinson Avenue, New Lynn. Mrs. Fowlds said her husband rose about six o'clock on Wednesday morning, and about two hours later she found him sitting beside a gas stove with the taps turned on and a towel over his head. The fact that he had been out of employment for a time had caused him some worry.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19731, 2 September 1927, Page 14
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