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The Preston Guardian
Saturday March 14 1846
District News
Suicide - Warning To Drunkards
On Sunday morning last, about six o'clock, the body of Emma Proctor, an old woman of 68, was found lying in the branch of the river Calder, which passes through Burnley. It appears that she has for a long time indulged in the too frequent use of sprirtuous liquors, and had been in a state of partial intoxication nearly the whole of the preceding day. Some slight family differences served to irritate her still more, and she held out the threat of suicide if the family continued their restrictions upon her. On Sunday morning, she rose at her usual hour, about five o'clock, and after performing some work left the house, and was observed trying to gain admittance into the neighbouring tap-rooms, without success. She then returned by a circuitous route to her house, which stands on the bank of the river in Newtown, Habergham Eaves; and, on arriving there, appears to have deliberately walked down some steps, and laid herself with her face on the water. When found she was quite dead, and her clothes perfectly dry, except on the under part of her body. An inquest was held on the body yesterday. Verdict, "Found drowned."
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