DEATH ON A STEAMER
A Message was received at the wireless station yesterday to the effect that Ja-nies Allen, tho chief cook on the Government steamer Tutanekai, had died, suddenly. It ■appeared that Allen had fallen- ill while smoking, with the result that his clothes caught fire. As soon as ho was discovered by the fourth officer ho Mas removed to tho deck,' but all efforts to restore animation were of no avail. When Dr de- Lautour arrived on the vessel, which was then anchored in Worser Bay, the man was dead.
Death is supposed to have been due to natural causes, the burns received by the deceased being insufficient to cause death. Allen, who suffered from asthma, was 69 years of age, and resided with his wifo .■it No. 2,. Hay ward-terrace. He had been chief cook on the Tutanekai for tho past eleven days. An inquest is being held this afternoon. >x.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 28, 1 February 1917, Page 8
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