BURIED ALIVE.
» An extraordinary story is reported from Pauillao ;Paris). A Mmc, Robin arrived there on board the steamer La Plata from Senegal. Sbe was supposed to be suffering from yellow fever, and was transferred to the lazaret by order of the officer of health. There she became worse, and apparently died. The body became rigid, and the face ashen and corpse-like, and in that condiiion she was buried. The nurse, however, noticed that tbe body was not cold, and that there was tremulousness of the muscles cf the abdomen, and expressed the opinion that Mme. Robin was prematurely buried. On this being reported to Mme. Robin's father, he had the body exhumed, when it was found that a child had been born in the coffin. The autopsy showed also that Mme. Robin had not contracted yellow fever, and had died from asphyxiation in the coffin. A suit was begun against the health officers and the prefect, which resulted in a verdict for £8000 damages against them.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7363, 15 January 1902, Page 4
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