HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL MURDERED. SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS LIKELY. Received April 20,12.40 a.m. SYDNEY, April 19. A terrible tragedy is reported from .Willoughby, one of the adjoining suburbs of North Sydney. The body of the eight-year-old daughter of a labourer named Phillips was found buried in the bush a short distance from her home, where she lived with her parents. , There was a wound on the head, and a deep gash in the throat, almost severing the head. l The girl was reported missing on Saturday, and the police have since been searching for the bodv, which was discovered through a man gathering flowers noticing that the ground I had been recently stirred. ' As the result of statements made by Mrs Phillips and a servant, the police have detained Phillips. Sensational developments are expected.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10023, 20 April 1910, Page 5
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133HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10023, 20 April 1910, Page 5
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