A MINING TRADEDY.
Murder and.tiuMdi.
A Woman Also.Shot
(ByTelegraph,—Press^Association.)
Welllngton, Monday, j
A tragedy is reported from Merrival. diggings, near Haiitau, InvercargilU;, A miner, Hooker shot a man named Reynolds dead and tlion committed suicide; Subsequent to snooting tlie f atherhe fired at the boy Reynolds but missed him, and then fired at Miss Eeynolds aged, 18,. shattering her right forearm and blowing her loft thumb off. Several pellets also lodged in her breast. Mrs Reynolds is missing, and iB either shot or lost in the bush. Hooker was found dead in his hut, about a mile from Reynold's place. Reynolds was shot through the temple. Jealousy is the supposed cause of the tragedy. Miss Reynolds has been taken to the Riverton hospital, and tho police aro searchiug for Mrs Reynolds. Tho' affair occurred at threo o'clock yesterday afternoon. Tuesday. Mrs Reynolds has since arrived safoly at Morrivale station. Hooker tlireatened to shoot her, but she managed to elude him in tho bush, Later,..
The girl Reynoldsi died in the Riverton Hospital this afternoon, The murderer is said to have boarded with Reynolds, although he had a , tat of his own, No further particjularß are tohandi •■'■■•' ■-'■-'■■'
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4799, 14 August 1894, Page 2
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196A MINING TRADEDY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4799, 14 August 1894, Page 2
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