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Fearful Tragedy in Melbourne.

Melbourne, January ly A terrible tragedy occurred at Coburg yesterday, when a mother and her three daughters combined to murder a younger sister, which they did, by nearly severing her head from her body. The daughters afterwards attacked each other, and all of them were more or less severely wounded, one being in an extremely critical state Tbe cause of the crime is believed to have been religious mania, tbe mother being entirely demented.

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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1788, 29 January 1886, Page 3

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Fearful Tragedy in Melbourne. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1788, 29 January 1886, Page 3

Fearful Tragedy in Melbourne. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1788, 29 January 1886, Page 3

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