Fatal Mishap to a Somnambulist

January 1899

Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 16 January 1899

Fatal Mishap to a Somnambulist

On Saturday, Mary Manchester, wife of William Manchester, of Doncaster Road, Denaby Main, died very suddenly.

The deceased woman has been somnambulistic, and early Monday morning last fell downstairs, breaking her collar-bone and sustaining shook to tho system.

She died of lock-jaw Saturday. An inquest will he held to-day.