SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
MOTHER AND CHILD KILLED. B.r Tcleßrrrtuh.—''rnss IVusoclttUon.-- OonyrlKUt Received this day, JMd a.m. Sydney, This Day. A tragedy is reported from Ballina, John Rankin, returning home from a meeting, discovered hie house locked. Forcing an entrance, he found hin wife in bed and a thirteen months' old child on the floor, both with their throats cut. The dead child had also apparently been struck on the head with a hammer'lying near.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 608, 4 October 1913, Page 5
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73SHOCKING TRAGEDY. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 608, 4 October 1913, Page 5
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