Bishop Gibney
A Sydney secular weekly recalls one notable ture of Bishop Gibney, of Perth. 'He was at Glenrowan, Victoria,' it says — 'a mere priest he was at the time — when the Kelly gang [of bushrangers] was in possession of the local hotel. Superintendent Hare and his peelers had
set fire to the house that held the outcasts, and were bombarding it. It contained some innocent folk, who had no connection -with the Kellys. The present Bishop of Perth dived in and rescued the non-combatants; also "he satisfied himself and the police that Dan Kelly, Joe Byrnes, and Steve Hart were not shamming, but dead.'
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT19090304.2.12.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9, 4 March 1909, Page 329
Word count
Tapeke kupu
105Bishop Gibney New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9, 4 March 1909, Page 329
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
See our copyright guide for information on how you may use this title.
Log in