ELTHAM TRAGEDY
INQUEST ON VICTIMS
BYLAWS NEED ENFORCEMENT.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
ELTHAM, This Day,
That the four victims of the recent fire at the Dominion Boarding-house met their death by suffocation and burning was the verdict returned by the jury when the inquiry into the fire concluded at 10 o'clock last night. A rider was added to the verdict: "That this jury strongly recommends the strict enforcement of the borough bylaws dealing with the licensing and regulation of boarding-houses, particularly the bylaws regarding the provision of efficient fire escapes."
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 76, 30 March 1926, Page 8
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89ELTHAM TRAGEDY Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 76, 30 March 1926, Page 8
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