DIXON ST. TRAGEDY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1982, 12 February 1914, Page 5

DIXON ST. TRAGEDY.

At tho adjourned jiiqlicst, jfestefdii.Y into tlio dontl» of WJliivw Jfifflbs Mni> tin, v/lio lost hU lifo iii the fire at MM Dixon Street on Friday last, a verdict ivns returned Hint Alftrtht was burnt in -dentil kl the fii'c-j but there iyns in- • Ktifficieiit *V)i]ci)Gt". to show' Irt.n'V' i,(ic fire originated- the coroner, Mf.'Wi G t Riddel!, ill reference.' to the reported delay, of tire brigade. in gpt--tii'iff to tfm-icj that )\6 ttiiH tmtinflftil tfit'li ; the Bttiioriiilendftnt'fl fetalf'nionti Thei'iv' ' had been iit) delay, of that bo .«'as ■ satisfied, lii aiv.noniwinjj the verdict,. Mr. Ritidcli drew .nttelition to tlio fact that tlio witness Bolton bad admitted tliflt he ivns finicking tthen lio left ilio liouro, n.nft that ho had bceii -ginoltiiig tu tlio front 'toolii. It \ys& a 'coiiicji- ; dene,? that the fire had ftppareirth' '-■ orfß-iijatod ill that robin. Ho tfaH iio't *i prepared: to sii.V that the fire Tilid boon ; ! paused through Uw eju'r»h?ssive;£s of '15d)» J • 1011, kit the inferoilnevW'ns there,. It ■ tfaa An o.X'tfllofdiiinfy' thfiift thai .iToJ'W- .' soil, who wag asleep upfettiltSi was iiblfi' ;j to eseiipa fruln - the fire* and that; lint-; tin, ivltlj, M tar. its flip ovfdeiice tfeiit | to Shott, tfas tint of bed, Should not .1 I e<lbiip.p. ' I