HORRIBLE DISCOVERY
WOMAN’S BATTERED BODY,
ASSOCIATE’S .SUICIDE,
(Received 9 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, August 14,
A domestic tragedy was discovered at Footscray today. The body of Mrs Sarah McDonald, aged 33, was found in a cottage in which she had lived with Georgq Webster, aged 35, a quarryman. The head was terribly injured. Webster’s body was found in the engine-room of the quarry. His head had been -blown off with gelignite. Neighbours say the worn an had threatened to leave Webster and to return to her home at Deniliquin.
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Northern Advocate, 15 August 1931, Page 9
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