ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
! TWO MORE DEATHS FROM CHARI COAL FUMES. . FBI* TXKEQIIAPn*. — FRKSS ABBOOIATIOK.] AUCKLAND, This Day. , This morning two men named Alfred t Ray, father and son^ were found dead I in the hold of a yacht off the wharf. . Death was evidently due to charcoal suf- . focation. The men come from Tauranga Creek, where they resided, on Thursday t last with a cargo of charcoal. The yacht I was observed still lying in the snme f place this morning. This raised surpicion, and on the hatches being removed . tho men -were found dead. A can containing embers was found near them. It x is evident that they lit the charcoal and went to sleep, thinking the ventilation j was sufficient.
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Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 43, 19 August 1902, Page 6
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122ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 43, 19 August 1902, Page 6
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