BURNED TO DEATH.
The End of a Drinking Bout. [Per Pbebs Association.! HOKITIKA, July 23.
A man named J. Bowers was burnt to death in a hut at Back Creek, near Riinu, this morning. Three men and a woman had been drinking for some hours, when all left but the deceased, who was too drunk. A fire was burning on tlie hearth, and a. quantity of firewood was in the fireplace when the others left.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5988, 25 July 1887, Page 3
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75BURNED TO DEATH. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5988, 25 July 1887, Page 3
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