A Horrible Occurrence.
SUALDED TO DEATH IN AvHOT uoSR»mG AT &OTOUUA. ;
',;-• iwj;i .l^f.^iAtJOKiiAiND^Tliißsday. . ;-' Last? Satnf<irfy uighfc -Mrs 1 ' Sedtlon , of the (iJoiiietsiSt6r<% ! R6tdrna^ rushed out ofeher bedroom siu IjetTJightdress. ■■■■ The liiisbaud made an.eijerg.^tic searcbi and, |jeiiiK,alaniied at not .findintj her, called m tlie aHßistiiice . ' af "the . polipe," who, aided by several residents, &ept up «'» active search all .night, without success. yeßter<Ja3^ luo'rh'ing some ' Nn'tive-R *~- leiA-Jahand, and ond'of them ' "reported feeing a^eorisiderahle amount of fatty ' ' master, flpatiug]^pn^tlie .surface of the hoV,BpfiMg I'pfr Msi^s .Morriapn'H. bathhouse. Constahj^ Abrahams, procurinj; a long jpolfe . wft'h 'a' .hbpjc, sucßeeded, after severiil^fiitile'iifteniptif, ; ii/iVcToking something \vhich, oh; b ! ein^ :; hawl^d tothe: surface, left iiodoubt as td )( what it was. The body presented a* -horrible flight, being partly cooked. Both hands We^e clenched, and ililJ of : particleß toru from the breast ip ; the agoji^jpf j .death. Lar'^e pieces 'of flesh hung' fropi her limbs. The whole body had 16»t a third of its'^briginal'' sizci/ The 1 tinfortuVate' wohian-had shown symptoms: of being a little queer lately. One sister is an inuiato of. a li^jiatic asyliiiii.tf _■-■■ .;•(••.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1474, 7 October 1885, Page 3
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177A Horrible Occurrence. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1474, 7 October 1885, Page 3
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