Coroner Enquires Into Death of Fire Victims The inquest was opened before Mr. C. H. Haines, Coroner, in HM. Police Court yesterday on the bodies of the three Indians who were believed to have been burned to death in a tre at Yangtszepool on January 7. They were apparently trapped by the flames while asleep in a one-storey brick building which was being used as watchmen's quarters, and it is thought that they were overcome by fumes before being burned, The Indians met their death at the premises of the Dai Ichi Company Soap Company, a Japanese establishment under construction at Yulin and Chemulpo Roads. They were found dead and badly charred in a back room, The names of the three Indians are Bzhadur Singh, Santa Hour, his wife, and Kapur Singh.
Evidence was given at the inquest by Dr. E. G. Gauntlett, Dr. 1. b. Anderson, Detective Inspector William Hutton, and other witnesses. Dr. Gauntlett stated that the three Indians were probably suffocated by the fumes before they died.
The inquest was adjourned until this afternoon,
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