A FAMILY WIPED OUT.
FATHER'S TERRIBLE- DEED. By Telegraph—Press Association—GonyrieW '. Melbourne, November 7. A tragedy has occurred at Kerang, 180 miles from- Melbourne. The dead bodies of .Mrs. Andrews, wife of a dairyman, and her four children, their ages ranging from 8 to 9 yeiirs, were found in a bedroom. The body, of Andrews was. found - in the kitchon, shot through the heart. Andrews was.- of a deeply religious temperament. He was a steward of the Methodist Church. Lately he had been . suffering from depression, following.'influenza and anxiety regarding monetary . matters. The-' evidences ' aro that he '. -killed the family with an axe,-,and then 6hot himself.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1592, 8 November 1912, Page 5
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105A FAMILY WIPED OUT. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1592, 8 November 1912, Page 5
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