ERROR KILLS MUTE
FED LIKE A BIRD BY MOTHER HULL, Eng., Feb. 2.—For 17 years Mi's. Emily Bibby kept alive her- mute and helpless son John by chewing food for him and feeding.him like a bird. Then she was taken ill. The son was -sent to hospital. Authorities did not realise John was unable to swallow and he died of asphyxiation with food in the larynx. Alts. Bibliy told the tragic story at the inquest, declaring: “I’ve done my best for hiin.”
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 169, 14 April 1939, Page 4
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82ERROR KILLS MUTE Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 169, 14 April 1939, Page 4
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