RAILWAY HOTEL FIRE
INQUEST ON THE VICTIM. (»I TELEGRAPH.—PRBSS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, 9th May. At an inquest concerning the death of Finn Roy O'Donnell, a labourer, 33 years of age, who met his death in the recent Railway Hotel fire, the Coroner (Mr. Widdowson, S.M.) said that death was due to suffocation along with shock and extensive burns. These the deceased had received when endeavouring to escape. Deceased was a man of good physique, and could easily have used the rope fire escape from the window of his room had he noticed it, but he had evidently become confused by the effect j of the dense smolce when he was suddenly awakened from his sleep. The licensee of the hotel had done all that was possible to see that everyone had escaped from the buildings.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 110, 10 May 1923, Page 10
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134RAILWAY HOTEL FIRE Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 110, 10 May 1923, Page 10
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