Fatality Through Brink
[PBa. UNITEB PBEBB ACIDCIATIOIT. j Dvkedix, November 2. From the particulars which hare been elicited with regard to the fatality at Gup Stream, it appears that the names of the victims were Edward Sutton and his wife Jane Sutton. Christopher Elliott, and Edward Ure. Sutton and his wife had been drinking on the previous evening, and went home with some liquor. Mrs Sutton's brother left them about 11 o'clock, and Elliott and Ure must have gone there afterwards, when it is surmised more drink waa consumed. The hut was discovered to be on fire by a labourer about 4in the morning. He was awakened by explosions, believed to have been caused by dynamite cartridges, and when he got up the place was all ablaze. The bodies were found in the ruins. Mr and Mrs Sutton were apparently suffocated by the smoke, but Ure and Elliott had, it would appear, made an attempt to escape, as the bodies were found just on the doorstep, the bodies were fearfully disfigured. The Suttons had no family ; Elliott was a stonemason, and his wife and family are in Scotland ; Ure was unmarried. At the inquest a verdict was given of accidentally burned to death.
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 58, 3 November 1887, Page 2
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203Fatality Through Brink Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 58, 3 November 1887, Page 2
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