DROWNING TRAGEDY
PARKER GAS I
(Bv Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.)
SYDNEY. Mav 6
An investigation of the Beckoin iHi god v revelled that. Robert Parker was aged 52. his wife, 43. his daughter 11 and Ins son nine. 1 lie Parkers had bum farming in the district lor a number of years. When an employee left (tie house this morning everything was apparent ]v in order, hut. when he returned to the house for lunch he found a note which staled "You will find us all in the dam. May God forgive us. We. cannot stand the strain any longer.’ There, was a cheque for wages enclosed. The employee hastened to the dam and raw three bodies floating and the police recovered the, fourth. Airs Parker had Keen in ill health for some time.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 7 May 1925, Page 5
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136DROWNING TRAGEDY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 7 May 1925, Page 5
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