SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
FAMILY FOUND DEAD. FATE OF THREE CHILDREN. (Received June 20. 10.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, Juno 20. A shocking tragedy involving five victims, all members of one family, occurred to-day at Gundagai, a town 250 miles south-west of Sydney. Joseph Seymour, his wife and their three young children were found dead in a cottage. The wife and children were in bed with their throats cut and Seymour was on the floor with a pea-rifle beside his body. The husband had been employed by the local council Ho returned home yesterday feeling ill. His wife also was suffering from ill-health.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20596, 21 June 1930, Page 13
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