BROTHERS' DEATHS
STRANGE COINCIDENCE BOTH PASS ON SAME DAY SYDNEY. May 1 Coincidence played a remarkable rob in the lives of John Barlow, aged 62, and liis brother, Charles Barlow, 67. Their birthday was on the same day. Both followed the same trade. Early on Sunday evening John died in his sleep, and a few hours later Charles died in bis sleep. Heart attack following pleurisy was the cause of death in each case. The telegrams conveying the sad news sent by one family to the other crossed in transit on Monday, and yesterday the brothers were buried in the same cemetery, the mourners attending both funerals.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22098, 2 May 1935, Page 11
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