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Show Found Body in Fragments. Blown to pieces, a traveling artist, August J. Stecker, lost his life at Noo-goora, Noo-goora, Queensland, Australia, a few days ago. The remarkable occurrence , took place about a mile from Wanora. ! township outside of Ipswich. The , Ipswich police were advised by a man named Linning that a resident, I while passing along the road near Wanora, saw a wagon, evidently blown up by some explosive, and the remains re-mains of the man, Stecker, who had . been camping at the spot overnight. The medical officer went out to the scene, and reported that the man had been completely blown to pieces, only a part of the body, small pieces of the leg, some pieces of flesh from different dif-ferent parts of the body, and a small piece of the head being about the spot. The whole camp was wrecked, and crockery and pieces of cooking utensils uten-sils were scattered over a distance of about 30 yards. Most of the body and much of the other material .vas blown into the creek, about 25 yards distant. So great was the force of the explo- sion that the wagon was blown to fragments, only the front wheels and pole being left, even the axle being broken. |