BURNED TO DEATH
SIX MAORI CHILDREN
LEFT ALONE IN HOUSE
PARENTS AT NEIGHBOURS
RESCUE TOO LATE
(Per Press Association.) TAUMARUNUI, this day
A- terrible tragedy occurred last right at a Maori land development settlement, about eight miles past Tongariro bridge on the National Park-Taupo highway, when six Maori children were burned to death. The parents, Edward Biddle and his wife, both Maoris, put- the six children to bed in the house and, with their infant, went to spend the evening with neighbours. Another neighbour later discovered the house in flames and called the Biddles. Together, they got all the children out of the house, but the youngsters were severely burned. The Taumaruniui ambulance was sent for and .the children were brought to hospital, one dying during the journey and the other five dying ::i hospital. The names of the children were Tony, aged nine, Martin, aged eight, Ngapini, aged seven, James, aged six, Reremata, aged five, and Armstrong, aged six.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20024, 24 August 1939, Page 7
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