Sad Case of Destitution.
A Woman who Died Rather than Beg[By Telegraph,—Press Association.] , - Ohribtohuboh, June 20. . 7 ■ Yesterday' a respeotable woman named Elizabeth Harvey died of exhaustion produced by want, at the cottage of a poor woman named Mra Anderson, who took her in, She had been in bad health and unable to do muoh work for twolye months, but she would not seek charitable aid till . lately, when she started to go to the office, but was unable to get there. Mrs Anderson communicated with the authorities oe Friday, and called in Dr Moorhouse, who attended the woman till she died, and certified that death resulted from exhaustion, combined with lung disease and bronchitis.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4143, 21 June 1892, Page 2
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115Sad Case of Destitution. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4143, 21 June 1892, Page 2
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