GHASTLY TRAGEDY
\ DEATH BEFORE POVERTY. WHOLESALE SUICIDE. Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Received 10, 12.25 a.m. ! Bucharest, May 9. The entire Filipovici family of ten committed suicide on learning that the eldest •on, by whom they were supported, was failing in business. A family council decided to die rather than beg. The father, mother, grandmother, two grown-up daughters and five sons, stupefied themselves with beer, and went to •leep in a garret, leaving two pans of charcoal burning. The youngest son, aged twelve, left a letter explaining the deed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 209, 10 May 1912, Page 5
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87GHASTLY TRAGEDY Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 209, 10 May 1912, Page 5
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