A BALCLUTHA SENSATION.
WIFE ASSAXFXTED WITH AXEL SCSBAXTD COMMITS HUICLUE. MOTHER AKD CHTT.T) ESCAPE FROM BURNING BUILDING. (By Telegraph.—Eress Jkaeociation.) DUNEDIN, Sunday. A lotal burning acddeat occurred at Balchitha early this momnag, a man named littlewood, about twenty-five sears of age, a carpenter by trade, being, turned to death, whfle his -wife •was seriously.,injured. The latter is sfcili lying unconscious.' - - The bouse and fnrnftare were insured in the Queensland Office for £110. x DTJNEDIK, this day. In connection with the death of Littlewood, at Baichrtha, bis -wife baa made a statement to the police that between 1 and 2 o'clock'on , Sunday mbnrog her bn«band came into her bedroom with an an and struck her on the head. When she recovered consciousness she found the house in names, and with difficulty escaped with' her son through, a window. The body of Littlewood wae found in a charred condition with .his throat cut. The doctor's examination goes, to prove the truth of her statement.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 100, 28 April 1913, Page 5
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162A BALCLUTHA SENSATION. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 100, 28 April 1913, Page 5
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