AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
A DROWNING FATALITY. (Per Press Association.) Sydney, This Daj r . Tlio surveyor who examined the hcatcrl cargoes of com I at Newcastle established the f«ct thst healing was confined to a pqivire of hatches, and was caused by the; coal tlitie getting wet, which made it more liable to coi'ubustion. Jle advises there must be a change in the method of loading long voyage cargoes; that the coal be kept standing iv the waggon somes time, to allow the gasscs to escape ; and that loading in wet weather be discontinued. Hobart, This Day. Mr Manning, Clerk of the Assembly, died suddenly. At the inquest ifc was found death was due to laudanum, which Mr Manning had taken \, to allay pain. Melbourne, This Day. Two brothers named Ellis, when fishing on" Geclong the boat capsized. Both were drowued. At the inquest on Mrs McCarthy, who was found murdered near Ballarat, an open verdict was returned. The jury expressed an opinion that there was no evidence against Mrs Trait, who bowever, has been remanded in custody.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 236, 10 April 1896, Page 2
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176AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 236, 10 April 1896, Page 2
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