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j (Fes Umitb» Pbess Association. I CHHISTCHOKCH, Septemben. ! Blrs Partridge, wife of Mr A. Paf^ge, ! accountant for M'Clatchie and Co., was y;ter- : day found on the floor of her bedroom in ;ont lof a fire with her nightdress in flames., She I was stayiag at Mrs Pope's Nursing Homcfor treatment for influenza. Sne wa3 at ccc removed to the hospital, bat died at 5 pa. She was 28 years of age. Charles Hillary P»rker, commission agqfc and bailiff for mauy years in Christchurch, »\s fouud dead in his office at 8 15 a.m. to-dr, apparently poisoned by himself. No traces f poison were discovered about the place, bi portion of an orange was found in which lies supposed to have taken the poison. In bj pocket was a latter addressed to his wif, which stated that "this is the feest and onl -' thing for me; I am mad," It was signt "Hillary."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10595, 12 September 1896, Page 4
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153CASUALTIES. Otago Daily Times, Issue 10595, 12 September 1896, Page 4
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