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Drunken rower accosts girl then drowns herself in Plymouth well
Birmingham July 29 a Devon rower attacked Mary Hammick in a Flymouth inn and severed a lock of hair then threatened to kill her. She fled to a nearby well and drowned. A young man present reportedly saved another, but the girl died in the ten to twelve minutes after the incident. The suspect was committed to Lunacy.
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Birmingham
Tueday
Mr. Reynolds
Devon
Mary Hammick
Corinth Arms
Flymouth Duck
Witten