LYTTELTON FIRE.
DEATH OF TWO CHILDREN. INQUEST ON VICTIMS. By Telegraph.—VreM Association Christchurch, Oct. 5. An inquest was held at Lyttelton concerning the deaths of Olivine and Maida Dodds, victims of the recent fatal fire. Evidence was given that the children were put to bed at 7.30 and Che father and mother went out, leaving the house in the charge of a son aged thirteen and a companion of similar age. The boy discovered a fire in the pressing room attached to his father’s workshop, and attempted to ascend the stairs to rescue his sisters, but fell through the staircase under which the fire was blazing. The brigade were hampered in their efforts to rescue by the glass verandah and were also wrongly directed as to the room occupied by the children. The coroner returned a verdict of accidental death, expressing the opinion that Dodds junior and the brigade had done everything possible. Glaee verandahs should be prohibited by statute, and every two-storey -building should have a fire escape.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1921, Page 7
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169LYTTELTON FIRE. Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1921, Page 7
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