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MAN BURNED TO DEATH (P.A.) NELSON. May 15. Mr George James White, an elderly man, a restaurant proprietor, was burned to death in the kitchen of the Darlington Cafe, Hardy street, Nelson, this morning. A large pan of fat which capsized on a stove was the cause of the fire, which gutted the kitchen and damaged the upstairs portion of the building. The burning fat set fire to White’s clothing, and the brigade found him dead on the floor of the kitchen. PEDESTRIAN KILI'ED"' ' (P.A.) AUCKLAND, May 16. A pedestrian suffered injuries from which he later died in hospital when he was knocked down by a light Army motor-truck on the Great South road. The victim was John Ahier Anderson, a married labourer, aged 28, of Takanini.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23949, 17 May 1943, Page 6
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