TWO CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.
Dunedin, March 20. A sad case of burning, by which two children met their death, occurred at Cape Saunders lighthouse on Monday. One was a boy aged two years, a son of Mr Nelson, the chief lighthouse-keeper, and' the other a girl aged two years and eight months, the daughter (f Mr Henovan, assistant keeper. They were playing in a cowshed in the afternoon, and it appears that they must have had matches, for by some means they set it on fire, Mr Nelson seeing the flames, ran to the building, and with great difficulty got the children out from amidst the flames, the flesh peeling from the little creatures' arms as he grasped them. The poor girl only breathed a moment or two aher Mr Nelson got her out. The boy lingered on till 8 o'clock in the evening, appearing to have little pain, but the doctor* who was sent, could do nothing to save him, and he died at that hour. Mr Nelson lost his wife only two mouth? ago, and she left him with ten children, the youngest of whom is now only ten weeks old. Great sympathy is felt for both parents.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1086, 22 March 1883, Page 1
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201TWO CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. Temuka Leader, Issue 1086, 22 March 1883, Page 1
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