BATTLE IN A STOKEHOLD.
i'JKKMA.N KILLED IX TEIUIIIiLE DUEL. New York, November 28. The captain of tho Sail Jacinto, wlik-h arrived at New York this morning, handed over six of its coal passers ami lircmen, heavily ironed, to the police who boarded the vessel at qimriiitiiii! in response to his signals lor assistance He told of a terrible light which took place in the stokehold between the coal passers and lireinen when the t'essel wa{ laboring in, a storm oil' Cape llaiteras on Mondav last. At the height of the battle a coal passer named Conchero fell against the furnace, and a iireniau named Morciias opened the door and tried to throw him into the Humes. A terrible duel took p'ace between fli,. two men, who were armed with shovels. The other eambatanls slopped to watch it, but resumed their bailie when Moreiras fell dead. When the ollicers tried to descend into the hold the combatants com biued against them. Finally the men were subdued at the point "1 (he re volver, and Conchero and live others were put in irons.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 17 January 1907, Page 4
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181BATTLE IN A STOKEHOLD. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 17 January 1907, Page 4
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