Another death. directly attributable to the effects of the villainous stuff'sold to sailors under the name of whisky was reported at the United States Consulate General on Monday as having' occurred oni Sunday night. It-appears that a man named Charles Erohold, was was twice in the course of last week at: the United States Consulate-General with drunkenness, went on'-board the British sailing ship Marathon, lying outside the lower limits of the harbour, late on Sunday evening. -Ernhold, it is alleged, was very drunk, and a number of the ship's crew were in the same condition. A row commenced among the men; which apparently terminated in a free fight in" which one™ or" tio "were rather badly handled. he "mate interfered and ordered Ernhold,' who did' not belong to the ship, to go ashore, and after some trouble got him into a sampan. 'The'sampan had not got'many yards from'the~ ship's side, when Ernhold was: seen' by the mate to jump overboard. The "'sampan-man yuohed about in the se ompeiee of the occurrence for some fifteen or twenty minutes, but nothing could be seen of the unfortunate man, Ernhold-was ani American citizen, and after the necessary foralities for the summoning of the witnesses through the British Consulate-General have been' gone through, a preliminary enquiry will by held by the U.S. authorities.
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