SUICIDE BY DROWNING.
(Per United Press Association.)
Christciidrch, March 21.
Yesterday morning when the Corinna was between Cook Strait and Kaikoura, on her way to Lytteltqn, a steerage passenger named William John Gilpin deliberately jumped overboaid. The steamer stopped, a boat was lowered, and the body recovered in eight minutes, but animation could not be restored. Deceased was lately working in Wellington as a coal lumper.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9394, 22 March 1898, Page 3
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66SUICIDE BY DROWNING. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9394, 22 March 1898, Page 3
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