Dreadful Fatality in New South Wales.
+ FIVE PEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH. (Per Press Association! Sydney, May 9, Tha houso of a miner named Roberts, at Lucknow, has been destroyed by fire. Mrs Roberts and her three little children, who were asleep in the building, were burned to death. The man Roberts was attempting to lescue his family when the building collapsed, and he was so fearfully injured that ho shortly afterwards succumbed. May 10. Mrs Roberts managed to save two children, and returned to the burning building in an effort to save the others, and perished. The fourth child is likely to succumb. This Day. The fourth child of Roberts' is dead. Cooper was the name of the rescuer who perished.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 262, 11 May 1897, Page 2
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121Dreadful Fatality in New South Wales. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 262, 11 May 1897, Page 2
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