Fire at Dunedin.
TWO CHILDREN BUENTTO DEATH. : j (united pbess association) . Donedin, Sunday. -A fatal fire- itook 'place on Saturd iy ; night m a three ; roomed wooden house at Mornington. Mrs Stokes, wife of a labourer, had put her five children to; bed Mrs Stores was m the kitchen; awaiting the arcival of her husband from; town, whan she heard an explosion, and on looking found her bedroom ablaze. She called out ,to the elder boy, who. caught up hiriiit.le*. sister sleeping with, him, and tU?y.. made their escape, bus Mrs Stokes, instead of snatching the baby from tlie cradle, ran out for assistance. The- boy. Albert managed to escape, bat his sistar Amy, who was m the same room,, became confused, and appeared to have gone mto the room where the fire started. All attempts to reach the two children when the alarm wis given proved unavailing, and their bodies were afterwards discovered very much chared. ■ |
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1710, 17 May 1886, Page 3
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157Fire at Dunedin. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1710, 17 May 1886, Page 3
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