SHOCKING TRAGEDY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1699, 31 October 1887, Page 3

SHOCKING TRAGEDY

A shocking tragedy, which was enaoted on October 13, m Queensland, was discovered on the following morr.lug. A man who was coming into town along the Too won g road found three hats on the river bank, and shortly afterwards saw the body of a little girl floating down the river. Subsequently the body of a little boy was found near the same place. It appears that a Mrs Davis, with three children, who was said to have bßen deserted by her husband and left m great poverty, had been existing for some time on the charity of friends and neighbors, and had lately been living with some people at Paddington, who, Mrs Davis thought, had become tired of tbe children. Yesterday she took the girl, who was aged six years, and a boy, who was only a few months old, leaving a bo; of five years, with these people, who are named Tudman, and left the house. Shortly afterwards the following letter was found, signed by Mrs Davis : — " My dear Mra Tudman, — Y< v have been a friend to me, and may God reward you When you see this I shall be at the bottom of the river. I leave George with yon, if yon will let him stay with you Goodbye, and God be with yen." The body of Mrs Davis bas since been recovered.