A DRUNKEN DEBAUCH.
'■ 4 woman was b.urhetf. to"death at Tidaru on the ilGfchn; ?Tne.'telegraphic' rep9rts'ia ; 'th'e' ; Du!a'e , dln papers of Mon-'dayjlast'st&tef.--*h'at.at ..moaning*- : of j Sunday:—"A" fire .broks~6utjin a cottage under'sxl&pieio us circumstances'. • ; 'BHe "houseJ was sbc'cupied; by a man named Sydney Jones and a woman ;as,^esllie^Duncan.., ;Qn 'the; neighborhood .being alarmed/>and? assistance arriving, iSydney and another - mail . named .Butler "were seen lying oufeide " near' a ''live ; fence,: the mer' raving mad drunk," the latter ; in a- sound drunken sleep. - .The police ■ took charge oftheiru The'' fofiner had 'i to |be held down by Itwp policemen. After the fire had nearly ..exhausted itself,,the' charfed'.i;e.m'ains of a woman near a bed,; supposed to be Nellie Duncan, were founds..,A., doctor was sent for and fhem by : the "fight of a candle. The remains were _taken to a neighboring. hotel;;'and : ,the,< ■ men to the lock-kiip, cA druuken-row* wajs fcqardj in Jlittle while* . previous: ; to the'.. fire«'":-; TheP='Timaru< :lEife''Jßrigkde did>not : arrive, tilt; the' 'hoiiafe,-had been '.l)urnti j! The night fortunately was .'calm.-j' P r r: ■) £
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 372, 21 April 1876, Page 3
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170A DRUNKEN DEBAUCH. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 372, 21 April 1876, Page 3
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