BURNED TO DEATH
CHATHAM ISLANDS TRAGEDY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Monday. The Ripple, from the Chathams, brings news of the tragic death of Mr. Alexander Shand, one of the oldest wsiaentt of the Islands. Mr. Shand, who was about 70 years of age, was burnt to death in his house on July 28. He waft greatly crippled with rheumatism, and had evidently made a desperate effort to escape from the burning building. He was well known in New Zealand. He was a Keen Maori scholar, and w«» regarded sm the highest authority regarding tic Moriori race. Deceased had been v• ■rking at a Maori dictionary for thirty ears, and the manuscript was destroyed, together with many other documents relating to Native matters both in New Zealand and the Chatham*.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 109, 16 August 1910, Page 5
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129BURNED TO DEATH Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 109, 16 August 1910, Page 5
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