QUEENSLAND BUSH TRAGEDY
FISHERMAN’S GRUESOME FIND. (United Press Association—Bv CableCopyright.) [Australian and N.Z. Press Assn.) (Received 4, 9.9 a.m.) Brisbane, Aug. 4. A bush tragedy 15 miles from Saint George is reported by local fishermen who found the partly buried body of a man, aged about 24. in a dried-up riverbed, where he had been hastily buried in sand, but had become uncovered. The head and throat were terribly gashed, suggesting that he had been murdered, while sleeping. The remains of a fire were found, where clothing had been recently burned. The police have arrested a new arrival, James Frank.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 198, 4 August 1928, Page 5
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