THE LATE MRS KRUGER.
[by electric telegraph.—copyright.]
[pee PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
London, July 22.
Mrs Kruger died at Pretoria after three days’ suffering with pneumonia, aged 67.
The official staff and numerous relatives present at Pretoria surrounded the deathbed of Mrs Krnger.
A Belgian aud two German doctors had latterly been in attendance.
Although informed of his wife’s illness Kruger was dumbfounded at hearing of her death and burst into tears. He asked to be left alone.
He had frequently spoken of rejoining his wife.
His friends say, that the only tie binding him to South Africa is broken, and many anticipate that it will have a disheartening effect on the Boers still fighting.
The English newspapers express general sympathy at the death of Mrs Kruger,
The Times says Mrs Kruger exerted her womanly influence more than once, notably after the Jamieson raid, on the side of moderation.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 23 July 1901, Page 4
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147THE LATE MRS KRUGER. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 23 July 1901, Page 4
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