SHOCKING SUICIDE
MAX CUT TO I'TKCKN. Per Press Association. DUXIvDTX, AuguM- 2. Aniliro.se Phillips, till ijirite leuently a. luker at Cave;: ham. thiew himself ber:o;tLJi tile \vhe,'.s «.f flu* ti;un at t.'aversham to-night, and was cut ill two and disi'inbowelle.l befoie (.lie eye.: n.f his wife who was with liiin on Uie platform. Mr and Mrs Phillips .kid letunvd by tin* tiain from Mosgiel. The act- was as sudden as it- was unexpected, and ivil" wiLise:-'. Ed by i»-n railway officials who were not in time to prevent the tragedy. had been a bakar for 3'Jyeaisin C.'aversluuii wh le he was much respected. He possessed a particularly .saiiguine temperament till quite late'y when he sold his business, after which he became melancholy and complained of having told it a,t a loss. The act was apparently iinpienied.".tated and it is thought that decea.sed was suddenly seized.with a. lit of mariners. His wife •is in a state of collapse. Deceased was 61 years old and had a grown up family of .sons and daughters.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13355, 3 August 1907, Page 3
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172SHOCKING SUICIDE Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13355, 3 August 1907, Page 3
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