FAMILY DROWNED
A SHOCKING TRAGEDY. FOUR PEOPLE DEAD. INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN. BY CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Received Mav 6, 10.35 a.m. SYDNEY, May 6. A shocking tragedy has occurred at Backom, where Robert Parker, his wife and two children aged nine and eleven, were found drowned. femora police state that the circumstances attending the drowning almost suggest a suicide pact, as all four were fully dressed. They were- recent arrivals in the district.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 May 1925, Page 5
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72FAMILY DROWNED Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 May 1925, Page 5
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