A PERTH TRAGEDY.
Perth, Nov. 24. The bodies of Mrs McMullen, the wife of a settler, and those of her four children, were discovered in a waterhole at Cornaning. There are no details, and it is unknown how they got into the water. Later. McMullen, who is a farmer, left bis home, leaving his wife and four daughters. When he returned he found one drowned in a horse-trough, two in a creek, and the eldest, aged seven, and theil mother, in a well.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 923, 26 November 1910, Page 2
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83A PERTH TRAGEDY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 923, 26 November 1910, Page 2
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