TENTERFIELD TRAGEDY
WHOLE FAMILY SHOT (Received November 25. 1 p.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 26. The police have been notified from Tentcrfleld that bullet, wounds are discernible! in the heads of all Jive members of the Milton family. A service revolver was found lying beside Milton's charred remains. The fire occurred an hour after Milton had gone off duty at Tenterrield police station. Milton's niece, who was spending a holiday with the family, was the only occupant of the household to escape. When she awoke the flames were 100 advanced 1 to permit of her entering the house. She vainly called the family to come outside.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16201, 26 November 1926, Page 8
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104TENTERFIELD TRAGEDY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16201, 26 November 1926, Page 8
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