BURNT TO DEATH.
We (Duiiedin "Star") have received the following information relative to the death of Ellen Karentai, who, as we reported yesterday, met her death by burning at the Maori Kaik on the 24th instant'. It appears from the statement of Constable Mitchell, who was despatched from Port Chalmers to make the necessary inquiries, that the father, mother, and four children slept on the floor in front of the fire, and that about tenp.m. on the 23rd one of the children woke and screamed out, "Ellen is in the fire." The parents immediately .rendered every possible assistance, but the .unfortunate child, who was most severely burnt, died at ten a.m. on the following day., -It is presumed that the child woke, and findiiig. herself;; cold, went- to the fire to warjQ herself -Tind fell in.- Dr. o'Donoghue;the coronet has decided not to hold an inquest. '
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 8, 1 May 1876, Page 2
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146BURNT TO DEATH. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 8, 1 May 1876, Page 2
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