MAN BURNED TO DEATH.
GALLANT ATTEMPT AT RESCUE . FAILS. (By. Telegraph—Press Association.)< - Xu6KLAND,~I J aSrNi#£ .' Ernest Edward Cooke, aged 35, a baker, residing at Northcote, was burned, to death last night in a fire which destroyed his residence and furniture. Jt is supposed that the fire was caused by the upsetting of a lamp which Cooke was using to prepare gruel. At 11.30 p.m. his wife discovered the kitchen in flames and Cooke in a oollapsed state, his clothing ablaze. A neighbour named Fitzpatrick made a gallant attempt to rescue Oooke. but was beaten back by smoke an£ flames. Cook's incinerated remains were found this morning in the debris. Tiherhouse wa»-insured for £175 ii the Alliance. The furniture was not insured.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 12 July 1913, Page 5
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121MAN BURNED TO DEATH. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 12 July 1913, Page 5
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