ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
BURNED TO DEATH. [Per Press Association.] Auckland, July 11. Ernest Edward Cooke, 35, baker, residing at Northcote, was burned to death last night in a fire which destroyed ’hisVrfsidence and. furniture. It is supposed that the fire was caused by the Upsetting of a lamp which' Cooke was Using to prepare gruel. At 11.30 his wife discovered the’ kitchen in flames and Cooke in a state of collapse and his clothing ablaze. A neighbour named Fitzpatrick made a gallant attempt to rescub Cooke, but was beaten back by the smoke ami flames. Cooke was incinerated, his reTnhfnfebtofemg found this morning in the debris. The house was insured for £175 in tbe'Alliance. The furniture was not insured.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 56, 11 July 1913, Page 6
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118ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 56, 11 July 1913, Page 6
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