FIRE TRAGEDY
FIVE LOSE LIVES ' • V ft ■ WOMAN AND CHILDREN (P.A3 A.SHFiI'RTON", this flay. In the worst tragedy in the Ashburton county i'or many year.-:, a young marrie<l '.vnm;in and her four rhildrrn worn burnt to death in a cottage at. Alford Forest hist evening. The adult, victim was Mrs. Doris Emilie Clifton, aged about no, wife of Mr. William Clifton, a shepherd. The eldest child was a bov of about sir years and the youngest was not yet. walking. The tire, the cause of which is. unknown, was discovered by Mrs.' Clifton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Fawsey, who live a short distance away, hut. when they reached the spot the interior of the cottage appeared to he a mass of flames. There was no sound from those trapped, and when an endeavour to enter the cottage was made the flames. f;ilined by bowline: gale enveloped the v. hole structure, making icsciip imposMbln.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 88, 15 April 1942, Page 8
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154FIRE TRAGEDY Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 88, 15 April 1942, Page 8
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