MURDER BY SYDNEY "PUSH"
HEAD SLASHED WITH BOTTLE
SYDNEY, Jan. 29. One of the "pushes" that roam about Wooiloomoolco and Pyrmont at nights liko packs of wolves attacked a young man named Thomas Dibley on Saturday evening ond inflicted injuries that resulted in his death at the Sydney hospital next morning. The gang had, it seems, for some time past been seeking a chance to get even with Dibloy "for some real or fancied grievance. On Saturday night they met him in Dixon Street, and attacked him. Dibley, who was a professional pugilist, defended himself for some time, but one of them struck him on the head from behind with a bottle. The men then ran
away A couple oi weeks ago a young English fireman came into conflict with a '•push and hadi his fekull smashed in with, a bottle, death resulting in this case also.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 32, 6 February 1913, Page 2
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147MURDER BY SYDNEY "PUSH" Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 32, 6 February 1913, Page 2
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