Suffocated by Smoke.
(Per Press Association.) Nelson, May 20. By a fire at Collingwood street last night a young man named Webb, single, aged 21, whoso parents reside at Wanganui, was suffocated by smoke. Later. The inquest on Ernest Webb 21 years of age, whose charred remains were found on the scene of last night's fire, was commenced to-day, but as the boy Gaynor, who slept in the room with deceased, was unable to attend on account of his burns, the enquiry was ultimately adjourned for a week. It is thought that Webb crawled into the room adjacent to his own, where the remains were found, in order to give the alarm to the occupants.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 271, 21 May 1896, Page 2
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