SERIOUS BURNING ACCIDENT
WOMAN'S CLOTHES BURNED Oit . liV.it ('KICKS Association .j ELTHAM, July 3. A serious burning accident occurred this forenoon on a farm between Ettham and Mangatoki. Some clothes were drying before a fire in a house occupied by a share dairy farmer named Bills, in Parker’s property.. Bv some means Mrs Bills’ clothes caught fire, also those of her two daughters, aged 4 and 11, who had gone to their mother’s - assistance- The house also caught fire, but tho children escaped outside ,and the. mother was dragged out by her son, /who came, on the scene and was followed by her husband and others, who were some, distance away, and did not observe the fire. The mother had tho whole of her clothing burned off her body, and is fearfully injured, and the girls are also badly burned, and. their hair destroyed, but the injuries are not so serious as those of tlier mi-other. They were brought into a private • hospital in Elthanu The house and contents, including, some money, were totally destroyed. The family only.possess the clothes they were wearing.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2545, 5 July 1909, Page 3
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183SERIOUS BURNING ACCIDENT Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2545, 5 July 1909, Page 3
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