BURNED TO DEATH.
TWO LIVES LOST.
THROUGH FIRE IN WHARE.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Taumarunui, May 5. A shocking tragedy occurred shortly before midnight by which Walter Burgplte, of Auckland, and Darcy R. Hunter, of Nelson, were burned to death in a three-roomed whare at Okahukura. The whare was occupied by three men on a fencing contract. The third occupant, a brother of the deceased Hunter, found the Whare ablaze and tried to get his brother out, but had to abandon the task. It is surmised that both the deceased were suffocated by the smoke before being burnt. It is thought that a spark from a log fell out of the fire, which had been built up by the men prior to going to bed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 May 1921, Page 5
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124BURNED TO DEATH. Taranaki Daily News, 6 May 1921, Page 5
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