A DEMENTED MOTHER.
DROWNS HER CHILD. -ATTACKS OTHERS, AND DROWNS HERSELF. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, June 10. A tragedy is reported from Ivoetoiig, 235 miles north-east of Melbourne. Mrs. Thompson, while suffering from dementia, took her three children for a walk. Reaching a dam, she, threw one child into the water, after attaching a largo stone to its dress. ■ The child managed to get out. Tho mother then seized another child, aged five years, and held it under tho water. The two, others ran away. When they returned with assistance, the dead bodies of the mother and child were found in the dam.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 840, 11 June 1910, Page 5
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103A DEMENTED MOTHER. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 840, 11 June 1910, Page 5
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