MAORI GIRL'S DEATH FROM BURNS
By Telezraoh—Press Association. Wairoa, Juno S. The police received information on Tuesday of a distressing occurrence at a scrubcutter's camp at Waihuao, which- resulted in the death from shock, following severe burns, of a girl named Tuwai Wi Hone, aged 16. It appears that the family retired to rest on. Sunday night, leaving a fire burning (a common practice with the Natives), as the night was very cold. A'bout 1 a.m. on Sunday the father, was suddenly roused by finding the tent in flames. The 'occupants had great difficulty in escaping withi their lives, all being more or less severely burned, es- „ pecially the girl, who was burned about the body and face. She was attended by Dr. Soinerville and Nurse Nacra that dav. but died on Monday. The father, mother, and two other children were brought to Wairoa Hospital for treatment.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 213, 3 June 1920, Page 4
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147MAORI GIRL'S DEATH FROM BURNS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 213, 3 June 1920, Page 4
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