Recovery of the Bodies.— The Outlaws Armor.
On reaching a place of safety, they stated that Dan Kelly and Hart were lying on the floor, apparently dead, and nothing could be done to rescue their remains from the fire. Soon afterwards the building was completely demolished, and on a search being made amongst the ruins, two charred skeletons were raked out from the smouldering debris. Weld, Wright, Hart (brother of Steve), and other well known friends of the outlaws, were witnesses of the scene. All the bushrangers were clad in the same armor as that worn by Ned Kelly, which weighed as much as 971bs, and had evidently been constructed by some country blacksmith out of ploughshares. The marks on Kelly's armor showed that he had been hit seventeen times with bullets. Sherry died soon after being rescued from the burning building.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 27, 14 July 1880, Page 4
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142Recovery of the Bodies.—The Outlaws Armor. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 27, 14 July 1880, Page 4
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