ICE REVIVES "DEAD" WOMAN.
COFFIN" RECOVERY. A joyfnl surprise was given to sorrowing members of the family of Mr?. Rebecca Senpz, aged ffi>, when they believed her dead, and she had been placed In her coffin, " Central News. ,, The relatives were assembled abont her could do nothing more for her, and that death was imminent. She tad suffered her third paralytic stroke. Soon afterwards, when they believed the end had come, one of them telephoned to Dr. Bernard Zaglln, and another prepared candles to be set about the body pending burial. The undertaker arrived before the doctor. Two attendants brought in an oak box. The body was placed in it. Then ice was packed about it and a sheet laid over it to keep the body. Neighbours who hurried to console the family were astonished to fee the end ot move. It was lifted up and her feet were found to be twitching. Then the doctor arrived. " She isn't dead." he said. '•' She has good heart action and her respiration is Mrs. Senpz opened her eyes and murmured, " Where am I ? " She was taken from the liox. and at nljjht was reported to be progressing satisfactorily.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 196, 19 August 1922, Page 19
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196ICE REVIVES "DEAD" WOMAN. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 196, 19 August 1922, Page 19
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