ELDERLY WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH
■Press Association
By Telegrayh-
CHRISTCHURCH, July 30. An eldoi'ly womau was burncd to dcalli in tragic c-ircumstances at heT iiDinc in Christcluirch last niglit. Iler deatli was not discovercd until this :norniiig. The victim was Miss Maude Dc- ' vercux-.Ioncs, agcd about 70, of 2f> Cambridge Terrace. Slie was fouiid lying dead on the floor of the kitchen. rf'Cf 'night attire.iiad been burnt away. Plic polic.e b'elieve that Miss De-vercux-Jones was prcparing her evening cup of coffee when her clotliing eaught allght. A siuall pot of coffeo was found this morning on a gas ring whicli liad the jet partlv tunied on..
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Chronicle (Levin), 31 July 1947, Page 3
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