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Detroit Free Press
Thursday, 28 August, 1873

         The Meteor Mystery - It was not until yesterday morning
       that Coroner Griffin was notified that a bundle of human
       bones had been found in the hold of the propeller Meteor
       at the dry-dock, and he went up and held an inquest, the
       jury returning a verdict that the remains were those of
       a colored employe of the boat named ANDREW BRIGGS. The
       death of this man was asserted and denied a hundred times
       the day after the fire, and it seems a little singular
       that the officers of the boat knew nothing of what became
       of the man. The victim was seen to go down in the hold a
       short time before the fire broke out, and the flames had
       probably cut off his avenue of escape when the alarm was
       given. From the position of the bones when found it is
       presumed that the fire did not reach BRIGGS for a consider-
       able time after the steamer got to work, and that he was
       at last roasted alive.
       
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