>From Daily News ( London, England ), Friday, September 24, 1897; Issue 16067. DROWNED IN A VAT OF BEER. - The body of a man named William COPE was found early yesterday morning in a large beer vat in a brewery attached to the Folly public-house, near Bath. The top of the vat is on a level with the floor, and it is supposed that the deceased walked into the vat accidentally.