FIENDISH ATTEMPT TO MURDER
CAUSTIC POURED ON SLEEPING STEWARD SHIP’S OFFICER ALSO INJURED Australian Press Association. Colombo, February 27. A fiendish attempt at murder is reported aboard the Mooltau. The chief saloon steward, Mr. Fowler, was sleeping in his cabin when a large quantity of caustic potash was poured over him by an unknown hand. Mr. Fowler is in a critical condition. Mr. Hayes, an officer of the Mooltan, is also in hospital, suffering from the effects of caustic.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 133, 1 March 1929, Page 11
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79FIENDISH ATTEMPT TO MURDER Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 133, 1 March 1929, Page 11
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