TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
IN NEW SOUTH WALES,
FARM LABOURER SHOOTS TWO WOMEN.
AND ATTEMPTS HIS OWN LIFE.
(Press A&sociation.-By Telegraph.— Copyright). Received 11.25 p.m. Sydney, Last Night. "A terrible tragedy occurred at Glen Morn, near Tarn worth. Lawrence Lawless, a farm labourer, shot Mis Cover and her daughter, The latter died almost immediately, and the mother is in a critioal condition.
The Covers' housi was bntnetl down, and the body nf the daughter incinerated. J Lawless afterwards shot himsdf in the chest, but it is not thought that the wonnd is dangerous. He has bsen arrested.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1445, 25 October 1911, Page 5
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95TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1445, 25 October 1911, Page 5
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