TWO CHILDREN KILLED
TERRIBLE WOUNDS WITH AXE FATE OF YOUNG SISTERS FATHER’S SHUCKING DISCOVERY % " ... MOTHER, INJURED CRITICALLY; (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) Bleceived 11.20 a.in. io-day. MELBOURNE, May 1. -A shocking tragedy occurred at Malvern when two children died after receiving terrible head injuries inflicted with an axe. Their mother was found with her throat and wrists out. The husband arrived) home a few minutes after the tragedy occurred. I he children were May Turner, aged 10, and her sister Elizabeth Turner, aged S. The mother, Mrs Martha Turner, aged 35. is in a critical condition.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 1 May 1934, Page 5
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