OHURA TRAGEDY.
A FAMILY BLOWN UP. THREE PERSONS KILLED. CHILD BLOWN TO ATOMS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Taumarunui, Last Niglit. Word of a frightful tragedy comes from Tatu, twenty-two miles beyond Ohura. From the meagre details to hand it appears that a charge of gelignite exploded in the house of F. England, a farmer, and Mrs. England and lier child were blown to atoms. There is 110 trace of the child. Miss Lilburn, a sister-in-law Of England, was also killed, being blown through a wall. The police and a justice have gone out to hold an inquest. No further particulars are to ho,nd.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 June 1920, Page 5
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102OHURA TRAGEDY. Taranaki Daily News, 16 June 1920, Page 5
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