Eight Persons Suffocated in a Railway Waggon

closed, appeared almost air-tight; the floor at one end, for a distance of about 4 feet, was covered with 3 inches of earth, evidently to allow the men to cook without endangering the wooden floor: on this were four choolas built against the side of the waggon, and several cooking pots carefully arranged; on the boards were lying the bodies of seven men in various comfortable positions, more or less on their backs, as if they had just settled down to sleep. One man, about the centre of the waggon, was supported on his hands and knees, with his face resting