HEROIC CONDUCT OF A MOTHER LOSES HER LIFE FOR HER CHILD. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Perth, 14th May.
Mrs. Akerman, a widow, formerly resident at Timaru, New Zealand, has succumbed to burns received when her house at Kalgoorlie was destroyed by fire. The woman escaped, but returned to the burning building in search of her daughter, who was lying ill with typhoid fever. The daughter had in the meantime been removed, but the mother was unaware of this.
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Evening Post, Volume LIII, Issue 114, 15 May 1897, Page 5
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76HEROIC CONDUCT OF A MOTHER LOSES HER LIFE FOR HER CHILD. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Perth, 14th May. Evening Post, Volume LIII, Issue 114, 15 May 1897, Page 5
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