BOY FOUND HANGING
TRAGEDY IN SYDNEY SUBURB. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 11.25 p.m.) Sydney, March 5. A boy aged 14, shortly after leaving his home in the suburb of Homebush for school to-day, was found hanging in a shed. A length of flexible wire had been tied over a beam and the loop at the end had been placed round the boy’s neck. The police were told that the boy had been grieved over the recent death of a friend and had also been worried by his school work. He had played truant for several days because of difficulties ex- , perienced at school.
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Southland Times, Issue 22833, 6 March 1936, Page 7
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104BOY FOUND HANGING Southland Times, Issue 22833, 6 March 1936, Page 7
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