SICKENING DOMESTIC TRAGEDY NEAR MELBOURNE. A MOTHER AND THREE DAUGHTERS MURDER A FOURTH. [BY TELEGRAPH. -COPYRIGHT.] [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] (Received Jan 27th, 1.45 p .m.) Melbourne, Wednesday.
A tekhiblk tragedy occurred at Coburg yesterday, where a mother and three daughters combined to murder a younger sister, which they did by nearly severing her head from her body. The daughters afterwards attacked each other, and all are more or less severely wounded, one being in an extremely critical state. The cause of the crime is believed to bo religious mania, the mother being entirely demented.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2115, 28 January 1886, Page 2
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93SICKENING DOMESTIC TRAGEDY NEAR MELBOURNE. A MOTHER AND THREE DAUGHTERS MURDER A FOURTH. [BY TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.] [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] (Received Jan 27th, 1.45 p.m.) Melbourne, Wednesday. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2115, 28 January 1886, Page 2
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