ATTEMPTED MURDER
ON S.S. MOOLTAN. ACID POURED ON SLEEPING MAN. Per Press Association —Copyright. Australian Press Association. Received this day, 8.55 a.m. COLOMBO, Feb. 27. A fiendish attempt at murder was made aboard the Mooltan. Chief saloon steward Fowler was sleeping in his cabin when a large quantity of caustic potash was poured over him by an unknown person.
Fowler is in a critical condition
Mr Hayes, an officer of the Mooltan, is also in hospital! suffering from the effects of the acid.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 28 February 1929, Page 5
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