Another Melbourne Tragedy.
[PER PHKSS ASSOCIATIOX.I Melbourne, August 27. A terrible tragedy is reported to have occurred about three miles from Springhurst Railway station, where a selector named George Dobsou murdered three of his children, also a neighbour named Peter Diusdale, and then committed suicide by cutting his throat. Dobson had been iv a very despondent mood for some days owing to monetary troubles, and was continually stating to his wife that he had only a few days to live. Yesterday, Mrs Dobson determined to obtain help and left her home for that purpose, taking two of the youngest children with her. A friend of hers named Vonarx rode over to the residence this morning, when he discovered the bodies, and communicated with the police A thorough search by the latter revealed the bodies of the children face downwards with their throats cut. Dinsdale had apparently been shot behind the ear while reading. Continuing their search the police found a butcher's knife smeared with blood near an underground tank, and on looking into it, Dobson 's body was observed with the head almost severed from the trunk.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 53, 28 August 1894, Page 2
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187Another Melbourne Tragedy. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 53, 28 August 1894, Page 2
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