FATAL FIRE.
BURNED IN HIS ROOM.
Christchurch, Nov. 10
William Perrin, a single man, was burned to death at Sumner, early this mornlug. Deceased, who resided with his brother, Fred Perrin, iu Wakefield Avenue, is supposed to have come home about midnight. Shortly after that hour Mrs Perrin was awakened by deceased groaning or calling out and immediately made the discovery that the house was in flames. Mr and Mrs Perrin and their children bad barely time to escape, getting to safety iu their night clothes. Efforts to reach deceased were fruitless, the flames driving the would-be rescuers back and it was not till the fire brigade had subdued the flames that deceased's body, terribly charred, was recovered from the ruins and removed to a stable at the Marine Hotel.
The fire apparently had its origin in deceased’s room at the back of the house and soon enveloped the whole building, which was one of four rooms.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1173, 18 November 1913, Page 2
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157FATAL FIRE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1173, 18 November 1913, Page 2
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