WOMAN’S DRAMATIC DEATH
PLUNGE FROM 240 FOOT. BRIDGE.
“BETTER FOR MY HUSBAND. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. / London, October 13; A dramatic suicide was committed from a suspension bridge at midnight, when an unknown woman flung herself 240 feet into the river after a quarter of an hour’s battle with two men who tried to prevent her. . She struggled so furiously that her flimsy clothes began to tear. She cried: “It wil Ibe better for my husband. She finally slipped through her clothes and disappeared withf.a great splash. Her body has not been recovered. The only clue to ( the woman’s identity is a discarded fur-collared coat.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1930, Page 11
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