Death in a Chimney.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 18 June 1891, Page 3

Death in a Chimney.

rSTftANGE END OF A SUPPOSED BUttGLAII. • While lighting a h'ro in tho goo I.;*1 .;* house at 1 the Randwick racecourse, Sydney, on May 26th, a cook named Horan, in the employment of Mr Foster, the caterer, noticed that tho ; gbiinney would not draw well, and ' the room.was soon filled with smoke, Thinking that something was amiss, Horan extinguished the fire and - looked up the chiinnsy. There he /■'.' iaw.aman jammed in the tius), with "* ? -» his feet downwards. Horan ira- ,..,. mediately raised an alarm, and soon Several men were presanfc to render assistance. On a closer examination ; "■; ifc was found that the man was dead. . • Steps were then taken to remove thiebody, and after several hours' hard work the task vras accomplished - and the ljody was tnken to the South Sydney morgue, wiiare ii; now lies :' Waiting identiiication. It appears to be that of a man of the vagrant '7 ..'classj and it is supposed that he got stuck in the chimney whilst attempt- : ing to make his way davn tovob the kitchen, and was anijfocjat.-d by the lieat arid smoke resulting from tho • ... .previous 4ay's constant use of the ' 'fireplace,' When the body taken to ; the, morgue a note book with several ; li^tiiixig transactions recorded in it ' "was the only property found in the \ olothing.

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