A DARFIELD FATALITY.
DEATH FROM HEART FAILURE.
The dead body of an unknown man was found about 10 a.m. on Saturday on the Norwood Road, Darfield, the in-: dications being that he had died but a short while previously. Inquiries made by Constable C. Dunnett as to the man's identity led him to Southbridge yesterday where he ascertained that the deceased was John Smith, a single man, 59 years of age, who had lived on the Racecourse Road, Ashburton. - .. An inquest was held at Darfield .today by Mr R. Reid, J.P., acting : coroner, and a jury of six. Evidence was a'6V' i duced that the man was a sufferer from heart disease and a verdict that death was caused by this was returned. ~. . I
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1785, 3 November 1919, Page 11
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124A DARFIELD FATALITY. Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1785, 3 November 1919, Page 11
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