MURDERS ON STATION.
BACKBLOCKS TRAGEDY. TWO QTTEEirSLANDERS SLAIN. BRISBANE, January 2. Details of the tragedy at Eddington station, where Thomas Fitzgerald, a yardman, is believed to have shot George Humble, the overseer, and a man named Vivian before committing suicide, indicate that Fitzgerald stole the shot gun with which he committed the deeds.: After shooting Humble he fired several shots at the inmates of the Eddington homestead. He eluded immediate capture and escaped into the bush. When a constable was approaching to arrest him, Fitzgerald, using the gun, shot himself dead.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 2, 3 January 1924, Page 5
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