STABBED BY FISH
THAMES TRAGEDY 1 YOUNG WOMAN’S DEATH VERDICT AT THE INQUEST (By TeJegrapn.—Press Association) THAMES, Thursday At the inquest held this morning 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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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20668, 1 December 1938, Page 10
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78STABBED BY FISH Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20668, 1 December 1938, Page 10
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