Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-29 | Page 1 | Woman 62, Wheels Older One out of Verdun to Safety

W man 62 W Older One ut i of V to fety PARIS A I Feb 29 Repot Reports s from S VerdUn say y that twenty one perS per per- per er- er S s sons S of the civilian vilian population have be t killed by shells helis which fell in the A small rex population op I Uon Was still sUll reluctant to leave leaves but a were urged by the authorities au au- au- au Ues' Ues k to go go and they crowded freight cars used for the handling o ot artillery and exposed to the snow and the cold they de departed departed de- de parted ted for a safer r region glon One aged age ae- ae woman woman had refused ed d to go stat Jg that that she he was r resigned signed to todie todie die but ut her maid who herself was 62 y rs told oI pleaded with her and fin finally 1 t placed her in a a- wheelbarrow ro row nd wheeled her eight miles t through t snow now and and I mud to o a a pl place ce I o S 'S ty J. J j t