Souza's Case

The deceased employee lost his Ufe in a fire in the early morning of January 30, 1942, while asleep in a rooming house in New Bedford, where he was spending the night. The question is whether his injury and death arose out of and in the course of his employment. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 152, § 26, as amended.

Findings of the board and facts not in dispute are these: The deceased was employed by The Cooper-Bessemer Corporation, whose business was the manufacture and sale of *333Diesel marine engines. This corporation had an office in Gloucester, which was the headquarters of the deceased. The home of…