Tolled His Own Knell.
How a sexton tolled the hell at his own death was related at an inquest on John Newberry, the sexton of St. John’s Chiqrdlif,. Horn inglow, Burt on^on-Trent, • England. After quarrelling with his wife, Newberry went to the church, tied the bell rope round his neck, and then jumped from the heating apparatus in the belfry.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 3, 20 January 1909, Page 54
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60Tolled His Own Knell. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 3, 20 January 1909, Page 54
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