THE WRONG BODY
The painful experience of the members of a family who, when taking a farewell glance at a body which they believed to be that of their mother, found it to be that of someone else, 13 reported from Mortomley, a village near Sheffield, states the "Manchester Guardian." The dead woman was Mrs. Bennett, wife of Mr. J. Bennett, of Council Houses, Mortomley, who has a family. of eight children. When the family were looking for the last time at what they thought was tho body of their mother they discovered that a different corpse had been brought. •Telegrams were sent to stop the funeral, coaches, which, however, had already set out, and mourners had begun to assemble. Later the corpse was, tafepn. ift Sheffield and the body, <jfj Mrs. Benttett brogghjj feaclSj '". ]
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 117, 20 May 1930, Page 7
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135THE WRONG BODY Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 117, 20 May 1930, Page 7
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