MAORI GIRL SUCCUMBS
RESULT OF BURNS RECEIVED HUT El.liE AT PAPA MO A I Following injuries received when a hut at Papamoa caught (ire on - September 21. Mary Webster, a Maori girl,, .seven year.s, died in the Tauranga Hospital last Aveek. Three other members of the. family also received injuries which necessitated their removal to the hospital. They were Mr Walter Webster. father of the children, and YVati and Koha Webster, aged about three and eleven years respectively. Both Mr Webster and Koha arc out from hospital, but Wati is. still an 'inmate. The injuries avctc received when a 'kerosene lamp was upset in the hut. The ilames quickly spread ■ and much of the interior was gut- : ted. ; The inquest was opened on Tues- • day but was adjourned sine die. ~
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 22, 9 November 1943, Page 8
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130MAORI GIRL SUCCUMBS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 22, 9 November 1943, Page 8
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