>From The South Australian Advertiser, 21 February 1899 - BROKEN HILL. BROKEN HILL, February 20. The excessive heat of the past ten days is held partly responsible for the deaths of Bridget Ahearn. aged 24, a native of Clare, South Australia, who died yesterday from heat apoplexy and heart disease; and a 17 months' old infant named Simmonds, who died in convulsions. ------------------------------------------------ Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954 http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper Aherns in Australian Records http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ahcrim.htm ------------------------------------------------