TRAGEDY ON LONELY FARM
Charred Bodies of Five Persons Found in Ruins of House BULLET WOUNDS ON THREE HUSBAND SHELL SHOCK VICTIM (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright). Received 11.30 la.m. to-day. BRISBANE, To-day. . Five persons lost their lives in a ghastly tragedy on an isolated dairy farm, in the hills at Stoneleigh. The farm house was burnt down and, the charred bodies of the victims were found heaped together among the ruins.
The victims were: Y. Hawkes, aged 36, owner of the property, his wife, Florence, aged 32, ' their „ son and daughter, aged 8 and 2 respectively, and C. Erbacnei:, aged 75, father of Mrs Hawkes. Bullet wounds were discovered on Hawkes, his wife and one child.
Hawkes recently had been suffering from insomnia. He was badly gassed and shell-shocked, at the war.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 22 July 1935, Page 5
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134TRAGEDY ON LONELY FARM Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 22 July 1935, Page 5
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