THE AUCKLAND FATALITY
« THE INQUEST. By Telegraph.—Press Association, Auckland, Friday. The inquest on the victims of the Ponsonby fire opened this .morning. Dr. De Give Lowe said he had never seen anything like the spectacle presented by the bodies of the two children who perished; they were roasted almost to skeletons, and he expressed his opinion that they must have suffered fearful agony for about fifteen or twenty minutes. The inquest was adjourned till March 2. Porteous,' father of the children, states that he 1 was carrying his wife and little girl in his arms over the roof of the verandah, when the little boy began screaming. His wife struggled to* go to his assistance, and in the struggle the little girl fell out of his arms on to the verandah. Forteous dragged his wife to a position of safety, and then collapsed owing to his own terrible injuries. He saw the children perish, and believed they did not live more than ten seconds after falling. Mrs. Porteous remains in a critical condition, but the other sufferers are out of danger.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 242, 18 February 1911, Page 5
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181THE AUCKLAND FATALITY Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 242, 18 February 1911, Page 5
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