FATAL FIRE AT AKURA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3618, 19 September 1890, Page 2

FATAL FIRE AT AKURA.

- A Maori Hut Destroyed. Mm Ocoup&nt Burnt to Death. Information was'received by the local police this morning that a fatal fire'ocourred at Akura lost night, when the occupant oi a whare, named Hoana, a womaii over seventy years of age, was burnt to death, -From what can be gathered it appears that a young' man name'd Karaitiana was at the whare in 'question, in company with his mother, at gve o'clock last evening. No signs of firewerp t]p noticeable, and everything was safe.' The. fire was in the open place of a wqoden chimney, ths lower portion of which was plastered with lime and clay, The alarm was first given at fivo o'clock this morping by 9 ffltiple of Europeans who are Jiving next (loop, romps of the Mgori were soon after discovered and removed to (in adjoining house, The origin of the fire is as yet a mystery, and it is thought-it must have occurred about midnight. Constable Swain was despatched to-day to make full enquiries, and an inquest will probably be held tomorrow, • :

[Slnoo writing the nbove Constable Swain has returned aqd. reports that a man,named Dalsiel discovered" the whare, with two other buildings! on midnighf. IJe roused the natives, bnt nothing eoulcj be donj to save cither the buildings or ,the in-.i mate. Tho charred remains of the

deceased we're placed ! in a box after being (]ig,c!)y | er,eil. Tho head and limbs were consumed, a small portion of the lower trunk only remaining,]