FIRE AND SUICIDE.

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 February 1910, Page 4

FIRE AND SUICIDE.

MENS' HUT I'd i;\FD VXD COCK DEAD fin" ri-:t ton M'li —nut pkess association.] KOTOIM ' \, February 3, Word was r, reived this m. ruing thai the kitchen and the men's iliuiu '. r, oms a; I lalatea Station w. re totally deslroved at eleven o'el, ck I.t-I nigh:. The tire was discovered by one of thstation hands named MOiill. who loused the other moil, but the Haines had then complete possess., ,~< liebuilding. 'The efforts of the icon w-r--direct.'d towards saving tin- home-teal. which they sue, |.-,i' in doing, at though the building was sopatated by oiilv a f.-w feet During the progress of 'the fir-. Ih- waier "ga, ■ out ami pari of lie- home-bad was scorch, :| All lie- contents of tin- kitchen w.-r • totally destroyed. Some of the men wore burnt about tie- fee! and lost portion of th.-ir hair. In the seaich for the .-,,e1, la>t nigii! he ,-oubl not be found, but this mom ing tin- ce,ok- was found hanging in :■ small building at the rear of the kitchen, lb- had eU.h ut 11 d a I'i'.e of -ash cord round his neck. s(o,„| ... a table and jumped off, II- was quit ,|,ad when found. No can- is assigned for the a. I. Tie- , „,k was i-aim d .lav I Evans lie had been at lie station } about --iv w.-ef.-. |l, cam, f.-,m Nape r where l„- had been ..., a slaMoii acook for four years lie was a It, ~,pe,,,t ,„;,„ ||e. ;,-- Was Mollt ',i! S.-rgeanl Carroll ami \li D, lain d"ii, .Ll' . left h.-re this morning ul An inquest will la- held ;■- night.