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Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine
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Barney Barnato, the renowned South African diamond magnate, committed suicide by jumping overboard from the British steamer Scot while en route from Cape Town to Southampton. His body was recovered, with news dispatched from Madeira on June 14.
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Famous South Africa Diamond
King, Commits Suicide.
Jumps Overboard from Steamer Scot,
on the Passage to England.
His Body Is Recovered and the News Is
Cabled from Madeira.
London,
June 14-Midnight.-A
special dispatch from Funchal, Island
of Madeira, off the west coast of Morocco, says that on the arrival there
today, of the British steamship Scot,
which left Table Bay (Cape Town),
June 2, for Southampton, it was announced that Barney Barnato, the
South African diamond king, who was
among the passengers, had committed
suicide by
leaping
overboard. His
body was recovered.
Town of Weidman, Mich., Burning.
Detroit, Mich, June 14.-A special
from Weidman, Mich., a town of 400
inhabitants in Isabella county. says:
"The town is all afire, A high west
wind is blowing. There is no hope of
saving the main part of the town."
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Foreign News Details
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South Africa
Event Date
June 2 To June 14
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committed suicide by leaping overboard; body recovered.
Event Details
The British steamship Scot, which left Table Bay (Cape Town) on June 2 for Southampton, arrived at Funchal, Island of Madeira, today. It was announced that Barney Barnato, the South African diamond king among the passengers, had committed suicide by leaping overboard. His body was recovered.