An exciting scene was witnessed in conneo tion with an Irish wake at Southwark last month. The corpse of an old man was being "waked” by his relations and friends after the ueual Irish custom. On one of the party going into the room where (he body was laid out, he discovered to his horror that the room was on fire. An alarm was immediately raised, and the corpse was rescued before it was cremated, though not before the coffin was charred. At a wake in Liverpool a quarrel arose, and the owner of the house inflicted serious injuries with a knife upon another man, one ear being almoat cut|off. There were also wound, about tbe face, shoulders, and body. The Bsreugh Countil ffieets to-night,
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 215, 30 October 1888, Page 3
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125Untitled Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 215, 30 October 1888, Page 3
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