STABBED BY FISH
BATHER'S DEATH By Telegraph—Press Association THAMES, December 1. An inquest was held into the death of Miss Jessie Merle Laing, who died from the effects of a stab by a fish when bathing on the coast near Thames last Sunday. The coroner returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence that death was caused by stabbing by a salt water fish, believed to be a stingray.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21209, 2 December 1938, Page 12
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70STABBED BY FISH Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21209, 2 December 1938, Page 12
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