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BEREAVED OF HUSBAND ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT SUTTEE RESCUED INSENSIBLE
-By Telegraph — Cop3rrlght).
Calcutta, August 28. Overeome with grief at the death of her husband, aged 24 years, a girl aged 16 years at Daimond Harbour, Calcutta, attempted suttee. She threw herself on the blazing pyre, clinging to the burning body. The mourners rescued her senseless and extensively burned.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 623, 30 August 1933, Page 5
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62DISTRACTED WIDOW Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 623, 30 August 1933, Page 5
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