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■■:.'■■■ , '.:.■:''..;'.' ; Avc^ffl) ): .Saturday. . \ ; 'A' fiue'koli'ei'but atjmidrijght street, oil the tipper fkibr -in-'a* t\vo4torey' block buildings, leased by McKinlay, sign-writer, from David Kear, residing in Wellington. ' The ground floor or north, •ern division ivas used by McKinlay.as. a an'dalso'as a workaliop I3y tT. H. Holmes,;. ■Bceniß , -&tt^'^\'bpera ,; h6usiJ,'-' i> and who' 'Were''saSr r «SU«gurl^ )^Qt t, as^olmeß' had not been Been about search'was. made, upstairs', when the nude body; of the poor old man was found lying '(SWlw;l3a6kj:,th.tf skiu.liayii&peeled off.ln' sactiori's.'.thougli the body was not scorch&r' or burnt. ..An examination showed that Holmes was'- probably reading in Tiedand fell asleep leaving, the .candle lighted, as some- charred nn'agazin'e's' were fou!t'a' ; near the pillow, and when aroused by the fire hail-evideriHy'-Tnade his way to the back rooin,.instead ;of the staircase, with ;his trousers in his hand, when he was' overcome by the smoke and suffocated.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1897, 24 January 1885, Page 2
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146TELEGRAPHIC. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1897, 24 January 1885, Page 2
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