FIRE AT WAIAU.
WOMAN 13UB'NiED TO DEATH. [Press Association.] OfJiIMSTOHUHCH, J unc IG. A married woman, named Alary Collins, was'found in her home at the Waiau on Friday night burned to death. Mr. 'Geo. Bradford, a local baker, noticed the house in (lames, and on going to the scene 'lie found the woman lying dead face downward in an open fireplace. He extricated the body (which was burned beyond recognition), and apprised Constable Bircf at Culverden. An inquest was held on Saturday, when a verdict of death by accidental burning was returned. It seems the woman was alone in the' house at the time, and must have had a seizure.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2219, 17 June 1908, Page 3
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