How the Mercury reported some of the big events of the past 50 years

Glen Humphries
Updated April 14 2021 - 11:36pm, first published October 16 2020 - 12:00pm
A policeman stands near Wilhelmina Kruger's mop and bucket at Piccadilly, where it was left after an unknown assailant dragged her down the escalator and into the car park before murdering her.
A policeman stands near Wilhelmina Kruger's mop and bucket at Piccadilly, where it was left after an unknown assailant dragged her down the escalator and into the car park before murdering her.

January 31, 1967

The murder of Wilhelmina Kruger at Piccadilly on the morning of Saturday, January 29, made the front page of the Illawarra Mercury on Monday. In an indication of how differently crime was reported at the time, that front page included a photo of the bloodstained concrete where the body was found.

"The horribly mutilated body of Mrs Wilhelmina Caroline Emily Kruger, 57, of John Street, Gwynneville, was found in the lower parking area of the Piccadilly Arcade at 6am.

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Glen Humphries

Glen Humphries

Senior journalist

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.

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