HOLIDAY TRAGEDIES.
By Cable.—Press Association.—Copy rign Perth, December 25. The body of a woman unknown was found aboard a yacht at Banshire, with her throat cut and her abdomen gashed in Jack the Kipper fashion. Thomas, caretaker of the yacht, is missing. He left a note stating ho committed the crime in a freniy from drink, and his body would be found i in the river, December 2(1. I Thomas's body was found under tie yacht. Perth, Monday. The victim of the yacht tragedy was an elderly woman, well known about the city haunts. Adelaide, December 25. A man named Robins fatally cut the throat of another man named Owensworth. Jealousy is supposed to be the cause. Robins has 'surrendered. He bud been drinking heavily. Adelaide, .Monday. Prior to marrying Robins, his wife had n child by Owcnsworth. This caused constant unlmppiness, and Robins hail threatened to murder both.
Sydney, Monday. By a fire at Ryde, a woman named Moore was burned to death and a man named Whalen suffocated.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 274, 28 December 1909, Page 2
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170HOLIDAY TRAGEDIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 274, 28 December 1909, Page 2
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