SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
BODIES IN BURNING COTTAGE. DISCOVERY IN NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEY, Aug. 22. A shocking tragedy was discovered near Woy Woy this morning. A fire broke out in a cottage and some neighbouring people extinguished the flames. It was then that they discovered the bodies of a man F. Allsop, a retired flour miller, his housekeeper, Mrs Hite, aged 50, and her child, aged five. The police are convinced that the housekeeper first shot Allsop and then some hours later shot the child, eventually killing herself in the same manner. Apparentlv she set fire to the house beforehand. Her body, with the child resting on an arm, was in one room, and Allsop’s body was in another. . . Allsop was regarded as a quiet, inoffensive man without a grievance, while the woman is described by the neighbours as a most peculiar person. At all times she was morose. A letter was found in the house from another woman, addressed to Allsop, and this is thought to be the motive for the tragedy.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 226, 23 August 1929, Page 7
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172SHOCKING TRAGEDY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 226, 23 August 1929, Page 7
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