THE FATAL FIRE IN DUNEDIN.
[BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCtATIO.V] Du.VEDIK, Monday. At the inquest on Thomas Maloney, who was burned to death by the tire at the house of Michael Fahey on Sunday morning, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The evidence showed there had been some drinking gointr on. Mrs. Fahey retired to bed, leaving a candle burning in her room, and Fahey and Maloney stopped up smoking, and were about to retire when the tire broke out. Maloney, after getting out, appears to have gone back to see if all the others had got out. Mrs. Fahey fhows no signs of improvement, and her case is considered hopeless.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9186, 16 October 1888, Page 5
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