DISTRESSING FATALITY.
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH,
Dunedin, July 21.
A distressing fatality is reported at llovensbornc. Upon returning at <).r>() last, night from Port Chalmers, Geo. Anderson, a carpenter, found his house locked up. On elfecting an entrance he discovered Ins wife Thomasina Anderson, aged 3(>, lying in the passage, apparently having been burned to death, only a vestige of clothing being left on her. The lire from the burning garments had burned through the oilcloth, and also through a board an inch thick where she lay. It is believed the fatality was the result of mental illness. Bank hooks and gold articles were found burnt in the fireplace.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1590, 22 July 1916, Page 3
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109DISTRESSING FATALITY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1590, 22 July 1916, Page 3
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