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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 17, 1931
Page
1
Big reductions in mens and boys wear at Garner's Gash and Carry highlight pure fur felt hats with snap brims in new shades. Usual price twenty four shillings, cash and carry special nineteen shillings eleven pence. Mens fancy hair hose offered at usual price two shillings eleven pence, cash and carry special one shilling seventy four pence.
A Denman area dairy farm five miles from town was found engulfed in flames with the Marriott family among the dead. Husband John T Marriott appears to have shot himself, while wife Lavinia Amanda Martha and four children—Keith, Marjorie, Audrey, and Thomas—likely died in the blaze or related injuries. Neighbor Swift alerted authorities after discovering bloodstains and a burning home, leading to a lengthy police search as investigators determined the gunshot wound to Marriott. The farm had been recently settled. neighbours described Marriott as quiet and diligent, with wife’s health a noted concern.
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