DOMESTIC TRAGEDY IN N.S.W.
FATHER AND THREE CHILDREN
DEAD
(Received 10 a.m.)
SYDNEY, December 9
Three children, aged from one to 7 years and their father, John William Woods, a well-known New South Wales grazier, are dead, and their mother is in a critical condition as a result of a tragedy today at Woodrow Park, near Mittagong.
The police believe the father attacked his family with an axe and then committed suicide with a razor. Woods recently was worried by a severe drought.
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Northern Advocate, 10 December 1936, Page 3
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