STRANGE CONNECTION
BROTHERS’ INTERWOVEN LIVES.
DEATHS WITHIN A FEW HOURS.
By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Sydney, May 1. Coincidence has played a remarkable role in the lives of John Barlow, aged 62, and his brother, Charles Barlow, aged 67. Their birthdays were on the same day and both followed the same trade. Early on Sunday night John died in his sleep and a few hours later Charles died also in his sleep. A heart attack following pleurisy was the cause of death in both cases. Telegrams conveying the sad news, sent by one family to the other, crossed in transmit on Monday and yesterday the brothers were buried in the same cemetery, the mourners attending both funerals.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1935, Page 5
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