Sad Occurrence.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 233, 4 September 1883, Page 3

Sad Occurrence.

PA.KTICUtiBS. ... Advertiser gives the - following'particulars of the fire:-" It appelrs that Mt^oods,>tmg occa, Son to repair an iron tank, placed^ Jessel containing coal tar upon the litch.n fire to heat, and returned to his work m the y*rd. H.s wife » «opto hire been engaged m household duties at the time of the outbreak, and a female intanfc, five months old, was slumbering m a cot near the fir* : Biaei ] While proceeding ifith his work \Voodfl wmJ interrupted by finding smoke issuing from the back door of to wLuA* Herushed to rescue his chid, ■tnT^haf followed is still uncertain, neither he nor his wife haymg yet be^n •bte to give a coherent statement. By .{ome means or other tbe helple 8 s rnfak TO leftin the flaming building, its reSS n r being afterwards discovert Sthin two:ieet of *c doorway. , Fropj Iwb oirfnmstance it ib clear a parent Binst have endeavouredto have carried H outßide/but the cause of W«J» JJ Jj. toibe revealed. A number of Tarym^ SSs are given. One is that thY motor had the^cbild m her «>?%»£- rushing-oatside^ when shestumbled against he/hnsband, and was : obhged tp feht fell.' Another that .thefa^rwas -^SSSngT« &be, and compelled by tijp intensity 6fthehea«i to relax his hold;. ■Whatever may have been their mover "lnentß, Übth parents suffered se¥%re bodily iniuries.from.tlie flames. Mrs Woods was badly burned about the face and' head, and Woods sbffered such agony tint it is Vaid he endeavoured to alleviate if joining creek. The building V being en. Otirtly 'of 'wooden construction-' brirned fiercely, and ;no applianw» being at hand for pealing with the -raging ele--ineiiii/waßßOon reduced to ashes, and within less than- an hour ot ! theoutbreab| only two iron chimnies marked the spoij where&itihad stood. Ap-soofi as cir-| cumstances would permit, a search was. madefqr the remainß of the infant,; which were iound m a horribly charred; Btate, fas rabove stated. The /parents,, wno suffered excruciating agony, were, removed" as quickly aB possible to the -Hospital. Woods' body presented aj most horrible appearance, great burc* extending frbni his brad aod shoulders idoWii iHs^bodyr and eTen-tb his thighs.! " Mrs Woqdffv though bad? enough, efej caped more lightly than her husband,, clothing having to someetfeht' protected her. Special prayers on be&lf of the' sufferers were offered up at fit. George's Ohfl?«>h last evening! (Sunday.) „..-.. < . M V By telegram 1 subsequently the lutelhgence came to hand tjjat death the father from hia physical tgony andj mental sufiering.3 ~ - '