Shocking Death from Starvation
Mklboubne, December 29
On Christmas Eve Annie Walch, a miserahly clad woman in utterly destitute circumstances, with a dying cbilrl in box* &x*xn€j was weilltizjg in tb«3 brightly lit streets of Melbourne, througed with merry sightseers, vainly seeking food for her starving infant. One charitable institution after another was fruitlessly appealed to. She was passed on to the police, until, driven to the verge of desperation, she sought the welcome covering offered by some trees alongside the road leading to St Kilda. Tho night was cold and unseasonable, and the wretched mother with the wailing babe in her arms kept her weary vigil till death intervened and terminated the sufferings of the infant. ** It was literally starved to death," said Dr Brett, who made th 9 post mortem. "If it had proper food and shelter on Christmas Eve it would probably have recovered." The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony, and added in reference to the night porter at the Immigrants' Home who refused the mother admission. "We are of opinion that the night porter. O'Brieu, committed a grave error of judgment in not reporting the application of the mother to his superiors."
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 83, 12 January 1892, Page 3
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201Shocking Death from Starvation Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 83, 12 January 1892, Page 3
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