FEMALE RIP VAN WINKLE AWAKES FROM 31-YEAR SLUMBER
(Received 14, 1.30 p.m.) J OHANNE SBURG, June IS. Azrna Swanepoei awakened at the Bietfontein Hospital after aieeping for 31 yeara. It is believed to he a record. ' She was 17 years old when she fell asleep. She has a child's mentality and her legt are shriveUed owi&g to their not heing used. She WiU probahly he bedriddeh for the remainder of her life.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 126, 14 June 1937, Page 7
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72FEMALE RIP VAN WINKLE AWAKES FROM 31-YEAR SLUMBER Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 126, 14 June 1937, Page 7
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