TOLAGA BAY TRAGEDY.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) GISBORNE, December 18. A lucid account of happenings on the night of the tragedy at Tolaga Bay was given by the Martins' 12$-year-old i daughter, who described wrangling which was kept up by her parents till a lato hour, her father carrying the body of his wife out of the house, and his return a few minutes later. Then Ihe took the baby from one corner of the room and placed it in bed with the boy, telling him ho must always look after it. Then to the eldest girl ho said her mother had gone for ever, and he himself must go away. He bade his five children a tender farewell, urging the eldest girl to do her best for the others and especially the baby. The girl kept vigil witli the children for several hours till daylight, then she telephoned the jolice, ' ■ - - -.- ( .
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 147, 19 December 1933, Page 7
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