FRIGHTFUL FATALITY
CHILD BURNtD TO DEATH. News readied Martiivbcrough ~.on Wednesday morning of a frightful burning fatality at Dyerville, when Es-tell Charlotte, the three year old daughter of iEr and Sirs Tucker, of that township, succumbed to injuries received from a burning.nightgown. It appears that Mrs Tucker had left the, child alone in the house while she milked the cows,, and after a short absence was attracted to the house by the child's screams. On investigation, the mother found that the baby's nightgown had by some means caught afire, inflicting such serious injuries that she died about an hour after.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10560, 16 February 1912, Page 5
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100FRIGHTFUL FATALITY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10560, 16 February 1912, Page 5
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