BUSH TRAGEDY
3 P-M- EDITION
GRUESOME AFFAIR. BODY ATTACKED BY DINGOES. (United Press 'Association—By Electric Telegraph..—Copyright.) Received April 8, 9.30 a.m. SYDNEY, April 8. One of the most gruesome tragedies in the annals of the bush was revealed when black trackers, who were searching for Mr J. Ezzett, who disappeared from a homestead near Croydon in February, fodnd a heap of scattered bones and tom clothing. It appears that Mr Ezzett had. been chasing some bullocks, when the saddle girth broke and he was thrown heavily. The horse made off and Mr Ezzett collapsed and died. His bpnes were picked clean. Everything points to dingoes having ravaged the body.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 112, 8 April 1930, Page 8
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109BUSH TRAGEDY Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 112, 8 April 1930, Page 8
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