MURDEROUS ATTACKS
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A FAMILY. MELBOURNE, July 9. A dastardly outrage is reported from Rothsay. The family of Mr Shields, a farmer, were roused early in the morning by two loud explosions, and discovered that someone unknown had broken the windows of a room where Shields' wife slept, also that where a servant girl was slwpifig, and had thrown In lemonade bottles charged with blasting powder, and also fired a gun in the girl's room. Marks of the shot are on the wall. A tin canister, containing ajlbs of powder, with a fuse attached, was discovered outside the girl's room. Shields received painful injuries from flying ,glassi. The others were uninjured.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 160, 11 July 1904, Page 3
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114MURDEROUS ATTACKS Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 160, 11 July 1904, Page 3
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