WOMAN'S DEATH IN FLAT
VERDICT AT THE INQUEST The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Mrs. Dorothy Alien Harrop, who was found dead in u gas-filled room in a Hat in Welloslev Street West, last Monday night, was concluded yesterday afternoon before Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., coroner. Evidence was given by the husband of deceased, Godfrey Thomas Harrop, engineer, of Okere Falls, that, his wife had lived with him until three years ago, when she went to Auckland with their two children, there being no educational facilities at Okere Falls. She secured employment at her own wish, and her sole reason for going to Auckland was her desire to be near the children. She was temperamental and highly strung, and when depressed had said she would commit suicide. A verdict of suicide bv gas poisoning was returned by the coroner, who stated that deceased was apparently depressed foi some reason.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22141, 21 June 1935, Page 14
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