FATAL FIRE
OLD LADY BURNT TO DEATH. (By felogruph—Per fnu AwodMiaoJ NEW PLYMOUTH, December 23An old lady, aged 79, Mrs Elizabeth Bicheno, was burnt to death by a Ere at Waitara last night. She was living in the house with her adult, daughter and son. It is thought she fell asleep when reading' by candlelight, and that the blaze started that way, The family tried to extinguish the flames without success and then an alarnv .was given by the daughter. The son went back to try and rescue some-, thing from the house and while away, the old lady entered by another door, probably to get soipe documents.. The flames spread with, great rapidity through the old wooden house and the body was found in the kitchen after, the flames were subdued;. She apparently, had been overcome by heat and ■smoke as soon as she got inside, and there was no chance of bringing her out. For some time she had been very frail, hardly leaving the home, also suffering from a weak heart.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 December 1930, Page 5
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174FATAL FIRE Hokitika Guardian, 23 December 1930, Page 5
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