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Suicide
attempt
fails
ADELAIDE, Monday.
A 74-year-old woman at
tempted to burn herself to
death with methylated spirits
in an . Adelaide graveyard
today.
The woman, whose name
has not been released, is in
a critical conSition in
Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Police said the woman
left her home, early this
morning and went to the
Church of England grave
yard . in the suburb of
Magill.
A woman passing the
graveyard saw smoke com
ing from among the head
stones, and found the
elderly woman lying on the
ground with her clothes in
flames.
She beat out the flames
and called the ambulaml:
and police. A methylated
spirits bottle yvas found
nearby.
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