Fire at Auckland.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 44, 24 January 1885, Page 2

Fire at Auckland.

ONE MAN SUFFOCATED. „...,:■ Auckland, This Day. A fire broke but at midnight m Elliot, street, .on the -tipper floor, m a two storey block buildings, leased by McKin. ley, a sign writer, from David Kean. residing m Wellington. The ground floor, on northern division, was partly used by McKinley, as a workshop, ana the uppei- floor, was partly used by Davis, saddler, as workshop, \md, also as workshop, by. T. iSi HoJm'es, soenio artist ot opera hcma©, aiul who slept m &c frwt roam, The flames ; were soon extinguished, and as H(4mM was not seen about, a search, wag made wstftfta where v the nude body of the poor old man was found lyiqo d n His Mpk, The skia having peeled off m seotfqjk thoqgh his body was not aoorohodj 6* I ' burnt. An examination, showed that' Hohnes wwr pobably I'padjiia bed and fall aaleep, loay^a the Qaudie lighted.. Some charX9d magajtfnos'were found near the pil. low/when aroiised by fire he Had evidently made hiri w^ay to the 'back of the room instead of the stair -ofelse, " -with bis trousers m his hand, when he was over« come and suffocated. %