FATAL FIRE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1048, 10 February 1911, Page 4

FATAL FIRE.

LADY MEETS HER^EATHi

'-.''•' (By, Telcgrapn—Press >!-,',; ■; \ . ■.;Christchurch ) i Eariv this morning, ''Earnly,'-' the red-,-.-•-" dence'of Miss Dudley- at Rangiorai-wasV , destroyed -by fire. The only occupants.-. of the house .were .Miss,Dudley,;.who; is ■; a daughter of the late Archdeacon, Dud-..,;-; ley, and her, niece.: Tho barking;. of,i.a ~ terrier' aroused Miss Dudley,: and. she; , went to "the kitchen to see, what -was.... wrong, but on opening the door, was over-,: come by smoke. Her-niece .managed to,; , dra" her out of the house, but Miss Dud- \ ley, who is advanced in years, was.;severe- , : ly burnt about the head and hands,; and - her condition is now rather ,senonS...^, : .. ' - The house: was built 50 years . ago. by .. the archdeacon, and was at the,tima-0ne..,-, of the' lamest residences'^in. North,C.an v ':. terbury. Thelibrary and-, a-little iurm-;-.;-ture wore saved.', The insurances;are;npt ; :, vet ascertainable.:. :';.■;:.■':'/ •■-,::'_-- : 'i-;''V-:;." " -.- .'-.-:"'■',-■■■'• ■-::'-.;---v-:Later.-":..-; Mi«s Frances; Dudley/ daughter -of.;the; ... late Archdeacon Dudley, who was severely : . burned in the fire at her - lv " Rangiora, this - 'nionung •'.succumbed;; from the effects of shock: and burns-fhw;;; evening. ■ ■ ■•' '■."■-•.■■-■ y'-'--..-a -■'■-■ •?~r?-?.-$iS~i ;-;