Suicide of a Young Woman.
11 Don't save me; I want to drown.' Thus exclaimed a young woman as she struggled desperately in the Yarra near the Falls Bridge, Melbourne, on 3aturday ,week. The words were addressed to a young man who was attempting to save her from a watery grave. She eventually sank, and her body has not yet been recovered. The • affair is shrouded in mystery, as the girl's identity is not known, nor her motive. Harley Griffin, a shipping clerk, who was en board the Bteamer , Dawn when, tho occurrence tools J pace, relate"a*tKtitw^en,.he heard screams proceeding, fr,om. the ,<rusr<i ,he.- v tutnecU #i| i eyes towards the Falls Bridge, and in the. | Water noticed a woman ijtyuggUng'.' A" few i minutes, then elapsed when a yoqng man sprang into the,!' water and caught^ hold of her .\bjr /the , j^eok> , was .eyjaehfcly, to r d^^ni/. a^^hqHg^ >jte yoari^an 4 to t get[hei: ( to" land, her struggles, were, tp,o^^ch , for^ ' t him, and asshe crie^, 7r Don'b. s^v« .me, her, and she wont down and never appeared
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 237, 14 January 1888, Page 3
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179Suicide of a Young Woman. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 237, 14 January 1888, Page 3
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