Sunday, August 21, 2022

1908

Some fragments from a 1908 newspaper, possibly the Gulgong Advertiser:
Source: Libby Sills






1908 - SUICIDE
Mr Frame Fletcher, 65 years of age, committed suicide in his bedroom at the Royal Hotel, Gulgong, by blowing the top of his head off with a dynamite plug. Deceased was a well-known mining man in the early days of Gulgong, and at one time managed several mining syndicates. He had been in financial difficulties.Source: Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) Sat 3 Oct 1908 Page 24