A PRISONER BURNT TO DEATH.
(Per Press Association.) ••<■ Duuedihy Monday. At Alexandra South, m Vincent County, ihe lock-up was burnt down yesterday morning at four o'clock. There was one prisoner confined m it, a Chinaman named Ah Terv, but when the fire was discovered the flames had such a hold of the building that it was impbssible to rescue him, and his body was burnt to. a cinder, ihe building was of wood and iron, and was erected twenty years ago. ' i ' !
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Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1327, 22 October 1884, Page 4
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82A PRISONER BURNT TO DEATH. Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1327, 22 October 1884, Page 4
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