BURNT TO DEATH
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
INVEECABGILL, This Day. James Tocker, a single man, about 60 years of age, employed as a stud groom, was burned to death in a hut near "Winton. Passers-by saw the hut ablaze, and later found the remains of the deceased in the debris. He was in the habit of smoking in bed and a spark from his pipe is supposed to have been the cause of the outbreak.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 129, 5 June 1929, Page 13
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74BURNT TO DEATH Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 129, 5 June 1929, Page 13
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