DEATH FROM STABBING BY FISH
(United Press Association) THAMES, December 1. An inquest was held into the death of Jessie Merle Laing, who died from the effects of a stab by a fish when bathing off the coast near Thames last Sunday. The Coroner returned a verdict m accordance with the medical evidence, that death was caused by stabbing by a salt water fish, believed to be a stingray.
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Southland Times, Issue 23681, 2 December 1938, Page 7
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