ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
I . DEATH FROM BURNS. [BI XEDEOBAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION."] .Auckland, January 3. Tho five-year-old daughter of Mr. F. Draper, of Newton, wlio sustained severe burning injurios as the result of playing with matches at her homo on December 0, died in tho hospital from tho effccts to-day. a _____ CHILD WASHED OUT TO SEA. (BV TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) Dunstlin, January 3. Airs. (Irifiiths, of Wellington, with her lf child find some friwnds, was in tho J surf at St. Clair yostorday, when a wave 0 washed tfic child into tho braakora. Tho 3 . mother, hoing unable to reach tho ohild, P a voting man named Button went to tho rc- -- scuo and got hold of tho youngster, but. 2- was considerably hampered by tho kelp, and '■ another man named Broad had to help him 3 ' out. Tho mother was carried ashore in a r j fainting condition. Tho spot whero thoy e wore wading is on the second beach, a place. e ~ avoided by local waders as dangerous, ol li account of tho slippincss of tho stones.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 86, 4 January 1908, Page 5
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177ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 86, 4 January 1908, Page 5
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