TRAGEDY IN VICTORIA.
A Selector Murders his Child• ren and a Neighbour,
Melbourne, August 27. A terrible tragedy is reported to - have occurred about three miles - from Springhurst railway station : : j (!60 miles north-east of this city)-/: I where a selector named George Dob- ' son murdered three of his children, ■ • also a neighbour named Poter Dinsdale, and then committed suicide by cutting his throat. Dobsou had been in a very despondent mood for some days, owing to monetary troubles, and has been continually stating to his wife that he only had a few days to live. Yesterday Mi's Dobson determined to obtain help, and left her home for that purpose, taking two of the youngest children with her.
A fnond of liors named Vonarx rode- over to the residence this morning, when he discovered tljo bodies, and communicated with the police, A thorough search by the letter re* vealed the bodies of the ohildro faco downwards, with their throats yJ out Dinsdale had apparently been shot behind the ear while reading, Continuing their search the polico found a butcher's knife with blood near an underground tank and on looking into the tank DobSon's bqdy was qbserved, with the head almost seyered fropi tho trui^,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4811, 29 August 1894, Page 2
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204TRAGEDY IN VICTORIA. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4811, 29 August 1894, Page 2
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