SYDNEY MELEE
RAZOR AND IRON BAR .USED. SYDNEY, October' 28,
A razor and ap iron bar were wielded, during a melee in a Bronte house last night which began, police have been told, after an argument concerning the stoppage of a cistern.
Subsequently, the following were 'taken to St. .Vincent’s Hospital for treatment Henry Hansen, 24, razor woiind ?jb'6’“neck ;. his ..wife, Winifred, ’2&| lacerated head, other jiead, injur' ies,; <: and internal injuries; Mrs.Herm ayn e Carroll, injuries to left ijawjjfind probable internal, injur, es. v;;p6lme were i,nformedv that • a map, entered and an argument arose. . Suddenly Hansen was dragged into a r fiark ,halhvay' and attacked. • ) He ran out ;,'.sliquting, “I’ve, been clashed with ay razor,”, and at that moment a woman screamed.
Ransen ran back into /the house to see his wife being struck with an iron bar. ... In a few seconds the house was in disorder, with two women struggling in the hallway. A woman left the house to summon the. police..
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1936, Page 6
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