TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Svhnkv, October 24,
A terrible tragedy has occurred at Glen Morn, near Tarnworth. Lawrence Lawless, a farm labourer, twenty one years of age, shot Mrs Cover and her daughter. The later died almost immediately, and the mother is in a critical condition. The Covers’ house was burned down, and the body of the daughter incinerated. Lawless afterwards shot himself in the chest, but it is not thought that the wound is dangerous. He has been arrested.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1061, 26 October 1911, Page 3
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78TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1061, 26 October 1911, Page 3
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