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100 Years Ago: After 8 Weeks in Swamp Local Man Expected to Survive
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June 17, 1911: Thought Hanley Will Recover: Everything Tends to Show that He Spent Eight Weeks in Swamp
That the light of reason is returning to William D. Hanley, found in the fastness of Cedar Samp, near the Gilmore brickyards and over the Westboro line, seems apparent, and there seems strong probability of his recovering despite his weakened condition brough about by 56 days of exposure and starvation, which came to him as a result of his strange sojourn. He is located at the home of his brother, John J. Hanley, 45 Liberty St., and with the exception of a clergyman, physician, trained nurse and members of his family, nobody is admitted to the room.
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