FATAL FIRE.
THREE LIVES LOST. [By Telegraph— Press Association.] Waipawa, last night. Mr Reuben Edwards’ house at Te Aute was burned this morning. Three children were burned to death. An inquest will be held^to-morrow. Napier, last night. A lire occurred near Te Aute about midnight last night. It was unfortunately attended with fatal results, three children being burned to death. The house was a small one, and was owned and occupied by a half-caste named Bupene Eructi Edwards, who at the time of the occurrence was away from home, shearing, at Kereru. The house was burned to the ground. Edwards’ wife, a Maori woman, and another Native woman, who was sleeping in the house at the time, just succeeded in escaping with the baby. The three elder children, however—a girl 12 years of age, another girl of 4 years, and a boy of five years —were burned to death, the remains being charred beyond recognition. Much sympathy is felt for the parents, both amongst Natives and Europeans, Edwards being well-known throughout this district.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 270, 23 November 1901, Page 2
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