DOMESTIC TRAGEDY
MELBOURNE, Aug. 14. A domestic tragedy w r as discovered at Footscray to-day. Mrs Sarah McDonald, aged 33, was found dead in a cottage in w r hich she lived with George Webster, aged 35, a quarryman. Her head was horribly battered. Webster’s body was found in the engine-room of a quarry, his head having been blown off with gelignite. Neighbours say that the woman had threatened to leave Webster and return to her home at Deniliquin.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 218, 15 August 1931, Page 7
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79DOMESTIC TRAGEDY Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 218, 15 August 1931, Page 7
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