AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDY.
A LABOURER'S CRIME. MOTHER - AND DAUGHTER SHOT. By Telegraph.—Presa Association.— (Received October 23, 11.25 p.m) ' \ ' Sydney, October 24. A teksible tragedy is reported from Glen Morn, near Tamworth. Lawrence Lawless, a farm labourer, shot Sirs. Cover and her daughter. The latter died almost immediately, and the mother is in a critical condition. > Th 6 murderer then burned the house 'down, the body of Miss Cover being in-? cinerated. ; Lawless then shot himself in the chest, but it is not ' thought that, the wound is , dangerous. He has' been arrested.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14820, 25 October 1911, Page 7
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