TRAGEDY AT NOUMEA.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT BY AN ;.vs.;.^. EX-CONVICT.; x ; ,,,.R, r: .
THE ASSAILANT SHOT DEAD
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■*.■■■.?•: ■'''., :-;'■:' Sydney, this day. The steamer Tanais brings details of a tragedy at Noumea.
An ex-convict employed by Lavergne, the Government interpreter, armed himself with a gun and an axe and attacked Mrs Lavergne, 1 who took refuge in the house.
Nothing daunted, the man cut down the door twice, shot the servant who came to her mistress's assistance, and with one blow of the axe cut off the woman's arms.
At this juncture Lavergne's son, a boy twelve years of age, shot the man dead.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 22, 27 January 1897, Page 5
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