MATCH-THROWING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 418, 29 January 1909, Page 7

MATCH-THROWING.

A LADY ABLAZE pjf jTflE' RTRT3ET

■■' -A serious .accident. occurrisd'opposite Mr. PerTotfe .pharmacy.-in .Manners,-.Street;at -about 3; p.m.: jjDsterday," through' the 'carelessness'of a, smoker Ltt.throwing away:'a'.'blazing match. It alighted on-the Jight .summert.dres? of *a : young lady .who was waiting forX'fc.-ixamea'r."'.:,■■ As.soon: as she found; her drees to be alight,-the: young lady;6oi'eamodj;"but fora-.moment 0r. , tw0.-'the. ■bystanders seemed.dumbfounded by-the ■oceurrence. -THen::Mr..' D. - A.' Morton.vof.- Kilbirnie,' and a motorman iiained.iJHerlihyj.'seeihirEthe' lady's', perilous.: 'Hhrfcw a their?, coate round: the* blazing frock, some little':difficulty . smothered/.the, , flaraes;'>..-. ; :-.The young lady, who, *was treated'-by l --llr.'..l , eriott',: was \ found; to be -father badly; burnt' about? the: arms. .:..Her .hair, was eliglitljxburnt, and her-, evebrows singed, and had th'ere been any if-urther hpaitaney on the part ef-thoße'-p'rosentiJthe-lady. might enaly. have been'disfigured for -life.'-; *As it.:was,;She : and ■■Mγ;? Morton, .who aoted with, great" promptitude;-:whs-badly burnt'about the arms, .'-■-An 'Unpleasant, feature ; of ■ tw;', aepidont : was >■■ the;■' actiok: of ;'& person who refused: to ■ lend''>n'-topcoatylte. : -was over his'.'arm 1 to*: "Smotherl"the"iflames. : Smokers,should ba.cftreful , after'iisinifiß''!nat*3lp to' see that it; rea'chM" thg road.or.-sitecKannel,: and so -avoid .such .painful~(Sccßrrcnces-'a»- that; ;of, yesterday 'afternoon.: : *>ii\-«: : ;-t*^'''.. y;: , :.;