A Sad Occurrence.
TWO OHILDUBN BURNT TO DEATH.
CAUTION TO PARENTS.
(by telegraph) (united preps association.) Dunedin, March 20. A sad case of burning, by which two children met their death, occurred at Cape Saunders Lighthouse on Monday. One was a boy aged two years, son of the chief lighthouse-keeper j and the other a gir], a.ijed three, daughter of the nssistant-keeper. They were playing m a cowshed m the afternoon. It appears that by some means, they set the shed on fire. The boy's father ran to the building, and with gi^at difficulty got tho children, out, the flesh peeling from the little creatures as he grasped them. The poor girl only breathed a moment or two. The boy lingered on till the evening.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 39, 21 March 1883, Page 2
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125A Sad Occurrence. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 39, 21 March 1883, Page 2
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