ATTEMPTED MURDER.
EXPLOSION OF GELIGNITE. LIFE SENTENCE IMPOSED. (Received Thursday, 10.30 a.m.) PERTH, This Day. George Hearn was sentenced to imprisonment for life with hard labour in connection with the explosion of gelignite at Morowa. (A cable on October 2S stated: —An explosion, believed to be a deliberate attempt at the murder of a number of Italians, occurred at Morawa, on the northern railway line, 175 miles north of Northam. Five Italians out of fourteen were seriously injured. The Italians were in the shelter shed at the Morawa railway station. An explosive was either placed underneath the shed or thrown through a window. Railway property was considerably damaged. Only prompt action by citizens prevented the injured men being burnt to death).
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 22 December 1927, Page 5
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