ILL FOR 30 YEARS
BOILER-MAKER’S SUICIDE Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. A verdict of suicide by gas poisoning was returned by Mr. Levvey, S.M-, coroner, at an inquest into the death of William Malcolm McCleary, aged 47. boilermaker, who was found dead this morning in the kitchen at his home. Deceased had been in ill-health for 30 years, and he went to bed early on Sunday in worse health than usual. His wife found deceased lying dead on the floor of the kitchen. He held a gas tube in his hand and his head lay on a cushion. It was stated in evidence he had previously threatened to take his life owing t■ > t-onrinned ill-health.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 662, 14 May 1929, Page 11
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114ILL FOR 30 YEARS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 662, 14 May 1929, Page 11
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