THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE KELLY GANG.
BURNING OF JONES'S HQXgir BY THE POLICE. TJ FINDING OF THE REMAINS OF HART AND DAN KELLY. THE DEATH OF ONE OF JONES'S CHILDREN. NED KELLY RECOVERING. [NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Melbourne, June 29. Owing to the outlaws continuing to resist the police, the latter fired the hotel, which burned down* The charred remains of Hart and Dan Kelly were found, covered with armor. The bodies of Byrne and the platelayer have been rscovered. The reporter of the Benalla Ensign, two children, and the hotelkeeper were slightly wounded. The civilians were kept prisoners the whole of Sunday by the gang. The platelayers were compelled to destroy the railway There is little fresh news regarding yesterday's events a Gflenrowan. Ned Kelly has in all thirteen wounds, and eighteen shots strnck his armor. Dan Kelly and Hart were, it is said, bnrnt after death, but it is not certain whether they committed suicide or were shot by the police. Ned Kelly has reached Melbourne, and is progressing favorably. Flesh wounds only have been found, which are not likely to prove fatal. The child belonging to Jones, hotelkeeper, at Glehrowan, where the affray took place is dead.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1171, 30 June 1880, Page 2
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