MOTHER OVERLIES CHILD
A patlictie instance of a baby dying iis a result of tho mother accidentally suffocating it occurred in Wellington on Sunday night. Tho facts of the case were related at an inquest on tho child conducted by tho Coroner (Mr. ft K. Hunt, S.M.) yesterday. Evidence was given by the mother that when feeding her seven weeks' old baby liirl on Sunday night in bed, hlic suddenly dropped off to 6lecp before placing the child in the cot alongside her bed. When she woke up about I a.m. she found I.lm child dead in her arms. > The Coroner returned a verdict that the baby died of asphyxia caused by the mother accidentally overlying her.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 46, 26 February 1929, Page 15
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117MOTHER OVERLIES CHILD Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 46, 26 February 1929, Page 15
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