A STEAMER MYSTERY.
ENGINEER BLOWN TO PIECES
New York. Jan. 14.
An unidentified man boarded the San Francisco boat and entered a lavatory. An explosion of dynaWiite followed, which dismembered him.
The passengers were panirstricken. and several were injured by flying fragments. Some attempted to lower the boats, but the crew restored calm. It is believed that it was a case of suicide.
NOT BUl< IDE. BI T MURDER.
• Received 16, * a.m.)
The widow of the mining engineer biown up by an explosion on •he San Francisco ferry boat assert? that her husband was murdered, ami that he never committed ««uiShe says her husband feared a man who shadowed him. He had worked years ago with the man in South Africa. The man was named Norbom. a Norwegian.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 28, 16 January 1911, Page 1
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