DEATH IN A MOTOR-CAR.
E USUAL FEATURES DISCLOSED IT ED PR4SS ASSOCIATION—BJ SLBCTRIO | f ' .OTMOUAPH—COFTSIOHT.) f • BRISBANE, September 1. An extraordinary tragedy was disfeloied at Meebung, when Roland Mao|feaii aged 30,. was found dead at the pfhoel of a dosed oar which had been |<dled,with poisonous fumes. The body pas-in. a sitting position, but a local student remembered having seen the |maqhine on the same spot, and the position of the body was unchanged 12 ioonrs previously. . | A police examination revealed that |the fumes issued from a piece of piping &hich was jammed through a hole in sn© flpor near the, back seat. This ®ipmg was joined to a rubber hose, the fend of which was attached to the exhaust pipe. I It is believed that Majckay was renjue«d unooitscious by a sleeping Jaranght or drugs, and met his death if?ile in that state. i» -
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20022, 2 September 1930, Page 11
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