An Extraordinary Story.
The authorities m a populous part of Birmingham,' 'white investigating the cause of an outbreak of small-pox from which two deaths hatf resjjltf (fc #md m a room tenanted by a man named Owen, an old oak chest containing the body of his sister, who died m London ill 1868. - Owen .is said, to have, been so ' £aki6nately fott2 of ] his -aia^t that he would not >mry her, but brought hdr body to Bivminghiim, iiifuL.'silice that time has kept it m his room, wliitih he \i»s : allowed iio'One' to enter. The chest has been securely fastened .wjth iron bands ; \b'nt \th§ man\y^hois a japaner by trade, l'ecently became m, reduced circumstances, «nd^took_ ofE and sold for old iron the hoops that had so long encased the qfoest. The raising of the lid, it iss j .believed, by allowing an offensive odour to escape, caused the out-break of small-pox.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 127, 24 April 1884, Page 2
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151An Extraordinary Story. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 127, 24 April 1884, Page 2
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