A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
Ibout midnight yesterday, Mrs White- }*» a woman residing in Dock-street, 'reoman's Bay, nnd wife of a fireman of he steamer Richmond, had/a very painful aperienoe. Ib Beems that when she re-
liwd to bed ehe omitted to extinguish the Mudle, which, by some moans or other, piled the bedclothes. Mrs Whitelaw was wakened by the flames and heat, and found her nightdress on fire. She at once wt about suppressing the outbreak, but Wore this waa accomplished she had been senouely burned about the abdomen and other parte of the body. Constable Fin- "%., who was called in, sent for Dr. *™par,' and the latter did whab was pos"We to relieve the sufferer. She was then wiveyed to bhe Hospital, where sbe is fwgrening very favourably.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 33, 7 February 1894, Page 5
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128A PAINFUL ACCIDENT. Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 33, 7 February 1894, Page 5
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