A shocking affair occurred in' Avenue Road on Monday night shortly before 12 o'clock, tram driver being shot dead. The tram he was driving was not far from Fort Road when, according to the conductor, four men came from a side" turning northwards and fired at the, tram driver. One bullet pierced hhis throat and one, we understand, his thigh. He was immediately Taid on the side of the road but died at once. The police were culled as quickly as possible from Bublling Well but of course the villains had long fled.
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