AN AWFUL TRAGEDY.
HUSBAND MURDERS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN.
MURDERER THEN SUICIDES
'United Prows Wnninfrion.—Convriffht'} MELBOURNE, November 7. A tragedy is reported from Kerrang, where the bodies of Mrs. Andrews, the wife of a dairyman, and four children of ages ranging from three to nine, were found 4," a bedroom, with their heads frightfully battered. Andrews' body was found in the kitchen, he having been shot through the heart. Andrews, who was of a deeply religious temperament, and a steward of the Methodist Church, had~been suffering from depression following on an attack of influenza, and anxiety over money matters. The evidenco points to his having killed the •family with an axe, ;and then himself.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 8 November 1912, Page 5
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114AN AWFUL TRAGEDY. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 8 November 1912, Page 5
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