WEDDING DAY DEATH
BRIDEGROOM OF 63 COLLAPSE AT RECEPTION Within 12 hours of his wedding Mr. C. .T. Newey, aged 63, a Birmingham business man living at Nothurst Grange, Hockley Heath, Warwickshire, collapsed and died. He was married at noon at Umberslade Baptist Church, Warwickshire, to Miss Eileen Mary Hine, aged 31, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. F. Hine, Mayor and Mayoress of Newark. After the wedding bride and bridegroom returned to the Grange with friends and relatives, and during the reception Mr. Newey collapsed. He never regained consciousness and died at midnight. Mr. Newey was a widower, his first wife having died last August. Mrs. Newey said in an interview: "[ am broken hearted. My husband was a strong, active miyi, who had travelled abroad a good deal. We were both radiantly happy, when he suddenly collapsed during the reception.
"We had planned to stay at the Grange for a short time, and then, in September, we intended to take a 10 months' round-the-world honeymoon trip, visiting Canada, New Zealand and South Africa." Mr. Ncwey was a director of soveral firms in Birmingham, and an active worker on behalf of the Solihull Methodist Church.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23121, 20 August 1938, Page 2 (Supplement)
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195WEDDING DAY DEATH New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23121, 20 August 1938, Page 2 (Supplement)
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