CHRISTCHURCH FIRE
(Press Assn.—
mother drags" three other children to safety DISTRESSING TRAGEDY
-By Telc graoh — Gopyrigtit)
CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. While his mother saved his twin sisters, and a neighbour dragged his brotKer ' through a window, Raymond King, aged nine, was burned to death at 1 o'clock this morning in his parents' home in Gardiner's Road, Harewood. The brother, David, aged six, is in hospital suffering from burns on his hand and face. Raymond wandered frdm his own bedroom into his mother's, and perished there-. ' The father, Mr. Edward King, was absent from home on relief work. A neighbour, Mrs F. Hilton, states that she saw flames leaping from the King's hou^e. Mrs King was in her nightd'ress, and she had two little girls with her then. Another neighbour saved the boy David by dragging him through the window. Raymond was still inside but it was impossible to get into the house, as the flames were fierce and blowing right across the door. Nothing could be done. "There was no water or anything that could help to fight the fire," said Mrs Hilton. "We were helpless. It was terrible."
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 253, 17 June 1932, Page 5
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188CHRISTCHURCH FIRE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 253, 17 June 1932, Page 5
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