ANXIOUS WIFE'S TRAMP
WALK OF ,100 MILES Anxious about her husband who was in hospital in Lisbon, a young married woman, Conceicao Rosa, recently arthere after walking 100 miles with her four children, all between the ages of three and eight years. The husband, a poor peasant, was seriously injured on a railway line, and taken to a hospital in Lisbon. Hearing no news of him, and torn with anxiety, Conceicao Rosa and her children left Alcobaca on foot. They travelled the 100 miles, going through heavy gales and rain. With her feet bleeding and her children crying with hunger, the mother was taken by a policeman to the hospital where her husband is lying Following their happy reunion, a fund was started to send the family back to their own village with sufficient money for their immediate needs, <
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21414, 11 February 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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139ANXIOUS WIFE'S TRAMP New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21414, 11 February 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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