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Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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A widow named Fairbanks left Boston on Monday night with her two young daughters for Charlestown but disappeared after passing one toll house on the bridge. The bodies of the girls and the mother's bonnet were found in the river, with reports of a splash and children's cries suggesting she threw herself and the children into the water.
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Boston
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Monday Night
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bodies of the two little girls and the bonnet of the mother found in the river; supposed the woman threw herself with her children into the river.
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A widow by the name of Fairbanks left Boston on Monday night with her two children for Charlestown. She passed the toll house of the bridge, but was not observed to pass that on the other side. Subsequently the bodies of the two little girls and the bonnet of the mother have been found in the river, and it is recollected that a noise was heard like something falling in the water, and the cry of children, about the time she last was on the bridge. From these facts, it is supposed the woman threw herself with her children into the river.