FAMILY WIPED OUT
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
, United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).
LONDON, .Tune 19
A family of five has been wiped out at Gungadai to-day, when Joseph Seymour ,his wife and their three young children were all foil ml dead inside their cottage. The wife and the children were in bed with their throats cut, while Seymour was on the floor with a pea rifle beside his body. Seymour had been employed bv the local Shire Council, and he returned home yesterday feeling ill. His wife also was suffering from il lhealth.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 June 1930, Page 5
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92FAMILY WIPED OUT Hokitika Guardian, 21 June 1930, Page 5
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