THE FATAL FIRE AT BLUFF.
(»E»S ASSOCUTIOK XJXEGB.UI.) •INVtiiCARGILL, July 30. An ineraest on the Bluff fir© was opened'at' Port tlw afternooa, before" MV Pnfcfchison, S.M., iyho'viewod the charred and powdered bones,, 'soproseriting tli9 remaiiw of tho three' tmS tiiaa. and "-the ■ enquiry ftas until Saturday nwrhiag. ' -•;.- The remains of ii man, boltcvad to be T. T. Brook, unaccented, for yesjerday were foiihd" tS-da-y by the pdlic© amongst the .debris. 1 The position of the remains support* the theory "that'deceased left his room, arid wjjes wakiTig for either the staircase or tit© fire-escape Tv-hen ha was overcome bj? the smoke- He' probably fell oa tb'ip ikior, which' afterwards caved i»j th* remains ultimately becoming buried under the ruins on the ground fleer.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15034, 31 July 1914, Page 9
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