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Posts Tagged Reginald Thorne

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A MOSMAN MYSTERY PART II – ALFRED LOCKYER

On July 22, 2024   /   Blog   /   7 Comments
Tags: Alfred George Lockyer, Dorothy Thorne, Joan Thorne, Reginald Thorne
A MOSMAN MYSTERY PART II - ALFRED LOCKYER

MOSMAN MYSTERY PART ONE Mrs Dorothy Thorne died by strychnine poisoning at her Mosman home on July 5 1932. The  family’s boarder, Alfred Lockyer, found himself under intense scrutiny by detectives. As speculation continued, he gave a rather ill-advised interview to a reporter from the sensationalist Smith’s

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DOROTHY THORNE; A MOSMAN MYSTERY

On July 22, 2024   /   History   /   1 Comment
Tags: Alfred George Lockyer, Death by poisoning, Dorothy Florence Thorne, Mosman, Reginald Thorne, Strychnine
DOROTHY THORNE; A MOSMAN MYSTERY

In 1932 Dorothy Thorne was living in  this rather modest home in Brierly Street Mosman, on Sydney’s Lower North Shore. It must be the only home in the upmarket suburb not to have been remodeled or enlarged in the succeeding 90 plus years!  Mind you, it’s still

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