FATAL RESULTS OF MENTAL ABERATION.
(per united press association.)
Chbistohurch, March 13.
A woman named Royal, the wife of a carpenter living at Sydenham, is supposed to have drowned two of her children in the Heathcote this evening. It is believed that her mind has been siighty affected since her confinement nine months ago. This afternoon she went out for a walk, taking the children, two boys, 3£ and 2J years old, and a baby girl. Two men subsequently saw the eldest boy holding on to some willows near the river, and rescued him. The mother was seen with her clothes wet. She and the rescued child were taken to the hospital. The bodies of the other children have been recovered. In answer to Inspector Pender, the woman said at one time that the chiU dren had fallen in, and at another that she did not know how they got into the river.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 5309, 15 March 1884, Page 2
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