DRESS CATCHES FIRE
WOMAN’S SEVERE BURNS SCREAMING IN BTREET SMOTHERED BY NEIGHBOURS (Special to Times) NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday Mrs C. E. Chambers (33), proprietress of a shop near High Street, the main thoroughfare of Hawera, was lighting a fire in a stove in the premises behind her shop when a sudden gust of wind blew the flames back on to her. Her dress caught fire and she rushed into the street in a panic. By the time she had reached High Street her clothing was burning freely and the woman wag in a state of collapse. Mr H. Ravage, proprietor of a shop nearby, ran into the street when he heard the screams and with Mr S. Cleaver stopped the woman and smothered the flames. Both men received burns on the hands. Mrs Chambers was burned principally on the thighs. She suffered severely from shock.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20733, 17 February 1939, Page 6
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145DRESS CATCHES FIRE Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20733, 17 February 1939, Page 6
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