27 YEARS IN TRANCE
SEIZURE AFTER TRAGEDY AFRICAN WOMAN’S END (10 a.m.) JOHANNESBURG, July lh. . Miss Anna Swanepocl, who 27 years ago fell asleep in her Transvaal home, died in her sleep at the age of 53. In 1921. she was awake for a brief period. ' Miss Swanepoel in 1916 fell in love with a man whose parents disapp”Ovecl of the match. He killed himself. When Miss Swanepoel heard the news she was afflicted with acute hysterical catalepsy and fell asleep.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21150, 19 July 1943, Page 4
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8127 YEARS IN TRANCE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21150, 19 July 1943, Page 4
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