SHOOTING TRAGEDY
DEATH OF LITTLE GIRL
HUSBAND’S BRUTALITY
BRISBANE, September 6
Dorothy Fountain, one- of the victims of the domestic shooting tragedy at Btmdaberg, is dead. Mrs Fountaine, or Fountain, recently left her husband, and brought her two young children to reside with her parents. The husband visited her on Sunday night, and after a brief conversation, commenced shooting. According to the police Fountain told them he bought the revolver to shoot bis wife and himself, but lie was prevented when he found that the weapon refused! to go off. SECOND VICTIM DIES LITTLE HOPE FOR THIRD (Received Sept. 7, noon.) BRISBANE, Sept. 0. H. Graham, the second victim of the Bumlabcrg shooting tragedy, suecumb-
Joau Fountaine is in a critical condition and is not expected to recover.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17132, 7 September 1926, Page 7
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