BURNED IN THEIR HOME.
FAMILY OF FIVE PERISH.
BACK-BLOCKS TRAGEDY.
DISCOVERED BY PASSER-BY.
Bt Telegraph—Prees Association —Copyright-
(Received 8.5 p.m.)
A. and 2J.Z.
SYDNEY, Aug. 21.
Fire destroyed the residence of Mr. De La Ferguson at Nullo Mountain, near Rylstone, and Mr. Ferguson and his wife and three daughters were burned to death. The bodies were completely burned, only the bones of the children being left.
The tragedy was discovered by a passerby. The nearest house is two miles away.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18175, 22 August 1922, Page 7
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