DEATH FROM BURNING. (BY TELEGRAPH -OWN CORRESPONDENT .) Tauranga , this day.
Tin: daughter of Canon Johnston, -who w;h seriously burned by her clothes catching lire on the 29th June, died on Tuesday fiom the cilect of her injuries The accident occurred while she wa^ lighting a fire at some distance fiom the hou.-e, her dress having caught Hie, and in a few minute* lier entire clothing was in a blaze. Her mother and .sister, hearing her cries, -were quickly on the scene, and by means of an empty sack succeeded in extinguishing the names, but not before thu unloi innate child was badly burned. Dr. Moir, of Taurangn, was immediately :?ent foi, and on his airhal did all that wa>> possible for the .sufferer. Great hopes Mere entertained that the injuries would not pio\e fatal, and though su Hbiing intense agony tiom her wounds, the pool child boi"e the acute pain with foititude, and to thu last displayed a calm leali'-ation of her dangei. On Tuesday moi ning, how ce 1 * or, «he seemed rather w or^e, and tailing into a quiet pa--ed peacefully away about 12 o'clock.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TAN18870723.2.50
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 212, 23 July 1887, Page 8
Word count
Tapeke kupu
187DEATH FROM BURNING. (BY TELEGRAPH-OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Tauranga, this day. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 212, 23 July 1887, Page 8
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in