DOMESTIC AFFLICTION.
GIRL BURNED TO DEATH AND MOTHER BECOMES INSANE.
Per Press Association. Dunedin, last night. At an inquest on Janet Harrod, aged 13 years, who died from hums received by her clothes catching fire, the evidence showed that the girl was reaching over a fire on a colonial oven when she tripped on a dog, and fell into the fire. A verdict was returned that death was due to exhaustion caused by burns accidentally received. The coroner drew attention to tho danger of using flannelette for children’s clothing, owing to its inflammable nature, and the jury concurred. It was stated that the unfortunate mother of the girl became insane after the ooourrenoo.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 978, 26 August 1903, Page 2
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