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Elizabeth Bannister

Age: 45

Sex: female

Date: 4 Aug 1905

Place: Prescott Street, Hulme

Elizabeth Bannister died in the infirmary. It was said that a woman had struck her down.

She was a charwoman and had lived in Prescott Street in Hulme.

She was admitted to the Infirmary on 31 July 1905 in an unconscious state and remained like that until 4 August 1905 when she recovered for a time before dying, but she had been unable to make any statement.

However, several women said that they had seen a certain woman strike Elizabeth Bannister down, but the woman in question denied having knocked Elizabeth Bannister down.


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see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

see Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Thursday 17 August 1905