Dangers Of Leaving Young Children Alone
; C . DUNEDIN, July 28. . The dangers of leaving young children in a house unattended for any tiuie, were stressed by Mr. J. D. Willis, S.M., sittii^g as Coroner, in giving his verdict in the adjourned iijqnest Jueld iuto the circumstances of the death of Mary Agn§s:- .Grigg, -aged - Qnq-^wear, ^ nionfhfe)' wlici difod of burns received ju a fire which damaged a flat in Hanoyer Street on.the mornihg^of Juno(2p dasti]j j •- - • ' ""Mr. 'Wiliis said th&t lie "ffclt it ' li'is duty as Coroner , ;^o..d^V attention to the matter, adding'Hh aruhe nswpapers had repofted a, s.ynjlar tiagedy in the north wlipre, here> had i>^en. niore than one death. - . 1 V1J. \\*{ t s - * The Coroner added .th^t it ,w£s..alsb. his-duty- and it afforded nim grgat plea-. sure in.' ' doing so,. . to. commend th'e. hctions of Mrs. Ivy Catherine Brookes and Mr. Artmir William Johnson, more espeeially Mrs. Brookes, ©vho had rushed ilito the burning building and had eaeh rescued a child. He hoped they -would suffier no pernianent ill eft'ects.
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 July 1949, Page 3
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