A Woman Burnt to Death.
(PKB UNITED PBESB ASSOCIATION.) ' ; . -Naseby, This l>ayr •;■• J A fire, attended with fatal consequences, c took place shortly, after 11, oAclock on t Saturday night. A dwelling-house occu.pied by Mrs -Cdckerpft and two of a familyj was totally d^( troy ed. It appear j that the mother had retired lo bed first, ; £ and before the others were asleap ihey were alarmed by seein^flames ; proceeding; . f roin the bedcopm. The cbildre^ were ; got out safely, and an alarm was raided r a« soon as possible. 'The Fire' Brigade: t turned out prpniptly, but ail exertions fo- s sare the uiif ortnnate woiiiaa w'we urisuo ; ' ' :ic cessful. The name of^the woniair burnt '' at Naseby was \' rs Lindsay, generally | as Cockcroft; V Her body wak e in bed fearfuilj^urn^^nd £&?- Jn
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 30, 14 August 1883, Page 2
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132A Woman Burnt to Death. Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 30, 14 August 1883, Page 2
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