A HORRIBLE DEATH.
NATIVE FALLS INTO BOILIN3 MUD SPRING. [By Telegraph—Press Association.] Auckland last night. A nativo named Takirau was accidentally scalded to death at Tokanu, at the south end of Lako Taupo, yesterday morning. Whilst going to bathe he fell into a boiling mud spring along tho sido of tho path, and was with difficulty extricated owing to the treacherous nature of the ground. He lingered until about noon in intense agony, as tho whole of his body below the neck was terribly scalded.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 438, 10 June 1902, Page 2
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