SAD ENDING.
MOTHER DROWNS HSR CHILD.
narrow escape of others,
' United Press Association—By Elootrio Telegraph Copyright. Received June 10, 10.10 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 10. A i ia reported from Koetong, 235 miles noith-east of Mel • bourne. Mrs Thompson, while suffering from dementia, took her three children for a walk. Rearlyng a dam, she threw one child into the water, after attaching a large stone to its dress.. The child managed to get out. The mother then seized another child, aged five years, and held ic under the water. The two others ran away. When they returned with assistance, the dead bodies of tbe mother and child were found in the dam.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10066, 11 June 1910, Page 5
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111SAD ENDING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10066, 11 June 1910, Page 5
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