Dastardly Outrage in Victoria
Powder Explosion Narrow Escape of Three Individuals Preji tain«lAhflii.--C!oDjritth>. Mkliiodii.ve, this day A DASI.UIDLV outrago has taken place at Rothsay, oil a family mimed Shields, Shields, who is a farmer, was roused early in tho morniug by tiro loud explo. sions and discovered Hint some one unknown had broken the windows of the room vslitre Shields and his wife were sleeping, and also tho room where the servant girl was sleeping. The purpe trator had thrown in lemonade bottles charged with blasting powder, and had also tiicd a Run into tho girl's room. There are marks of shot on the wall, and a tin canister containing 2jlbs of powder, and with fuse atlaohod, was discovered outsido the girl'B room. Sbiolds received painful injuries irom the Hying glass, but tho o'.hfrs v/ore uninjured, The police Me inquiring,
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1036, 9 July 1904, Page 3
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140Dastardly Outrage in Victoria Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1036, 9 July 1904, Page 3
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