A SENSATIONAL STORY.
. ' Pfrth, August 29. A sensational story of bushranging and murder, has been reported to the police at KalgoorliO. Two prospectors, names unknown, were, camped near Mount Margaret, : when four mounted men suddenly rode into the camp and shot both dead, then turning upon a group of blacks close by, shot down a large number in cold blood. . - . The occurrence was reported by a black, boy employed at the Success mine, Kumalpie. He states that he * was in the camp at the time the mur:ders were committed, but managed to .getawajr. •He thinks there .are no other survivors. The police are making up a strong party to proceed to the locality.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1766, 31 August 1895, Page 3
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113A SENSATIONAL STORY. Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1766, 31 August 1895, Page 3
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