TASMANIAN HORROR.
EVIDENCE OF SINISTER TRAGEDY.
LAUNCESTON, Feb. 27.
There is evidence of a sinister tragedy in connection with the discovery of the charred bodies of Thomas Archer and his wife and five children, which were discoverd in the ruins of a cottage destroyed by fire yesterday. A single-barrelled gun was found under the body of Thomas Archer. The gun contained a discharged cartridge. A razor was also found on a bed. A brief bag was found in the garden containing a barely-decipherable note, ending: “Good-bye, Tom.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 77, 28 February 1929, Page 7
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87TASMANIAN HORROR. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 77, 28 February 1929, Page 7
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