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- SUDDEN DEATH AT MECKERING!
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POSTMASTER EXPIRES.
Under painfully unexpected and sudden circumstances the death occurred at Meckering yesterday of Mr Thomas Markey, postmaster at Meckering.
During the morning he performed his postal duties apparently in the best of health. At about H.30 a.m.,'however, the attention of a junior assistant was directed to the peculiar position of his chief who had fallen forward across his table with his head in his hands.
Another assistant hurried to Mr Markey's side to ascertain the cause of peculiar attitude and was just in time to catch Mr Markey's prostrate form in his arms as he was about to fallback upon the floor. Assistance was called and Dr Frost was summoned from Northam, arriving at about one o'clock. Mr Markey was Unconscious from the time of his sudden seizure until the time of his death which occurred at 3 o'clock.
The cause of death was a paralytic stroke. Deceased had been in Meckering a few years and had made many friends, being popular in sporting and social circles. He leaves a widow and three children to mourn their loss. The funeral will take place at Mekering this afternoon the remains being interred in the Anglican portion of the local cemetery.
SUDDEN DEATH AT MECKERING: (1916, May 12). Goomalling-Dowerin Mail (WA : 1911 - 1916)
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