SUDDEN DEATH OF MR M. RICE.
The death-' "-bceurred < suddenlv this moi-nipg^of ..Mr>Michael Ricej. w*ho resided '■■ with * his. brotHer-jn-law,. Mr J: r 'Roddiok-,....a,t. 106 Clifford .street. ,\ Deceased, 'who was a -married l man, .60 years of age, was j an old', .resident" of Gisborne. *He J bad-/ been .m thp- employ of ■ the' Bdrorigh Obuncir for^sbirie years, and latterly .had:^been- employed as a laborer at Arowhamu -He.came to;^own a 'week' ago.' He had complained' of backache i ,arid was- treating; ---h^msell' for kidney, trouble.. He wai in bed all day, yesterday, --Md was last seen alive by his Mother,',wlien she took some tea to him about r6H o'clock -this morning. On going in at 8 ,6'clock with his breakfast, she. found him dead. He had apparently rust • died,:-:: as the body was warm. Dr.- Williams was - called in, but. he could)only .pronounce life to be extinct, As, the. doctor was able, to, give ■a, certificate.' that death was due to natural causes- the District Coroner, decided that no itiquest was necessary.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13572, 28 December 1914, Page 5
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171SUDDEN DEATH OF MR M. RICE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13572, 28 December 1914, Page 5
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