FATAL FIRE IN NELSON.
THE INQUEST. Press Association. NELSON, last night. At the inquest held on the fatal fire the medical evidence showed that death in both cases was caused by suffocation and burning. One witness, Ogilvie, deposed that he last saw Jno. Stewart and Jno. Brown alive about 4.30 on Thursday afternoon. He had bought and taken to them two bottles of beer, which they drank at Stewart’s house. They were ail sober. Another witness deposed fo seeing Stewart in his house just before 7, when he was staggering about with a candle in his hand. The occupant of the house fwo doors from Stewart’s discovered the fire, but was unable to enter the bask portion of the house. He shouted, but received no answer. Tlie licensee of the Bush Tavern deposed that Stewart visited his house just before noon on Thursday, and had half a pint of beer, and took away two square bottles of beer. Ogihno in the afternoon purchased three bottles of beer. The jury returned a verdict that both men met deaths by suffocation and burning, adding that there was no evidence to show how the fire occurred. SSSSi?
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2149, 3 August 1907, Page 2
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194FATAL FIRE IN NELSON. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2149, 3 August 1907, Page 2
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