ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
—" »- ' CHILD'S CLOTHING CATCHES FIRE. (HI TE[,EGI!APn—PIIESS ASSOCIATION.! ' , Christohurch, April 8. The polico liavo recoived information that iv child aged, three years named Minnie Allen llossiter, daughter of Mr. Richard Rossiter, of Cooper's Creek, near Oxford, died yesterday from the e/foets of burns. Tlio child was playing in the kitchen while her parciits wnro out milking, and strayed near the fire. Her nightgown caught, and she was severely burnt before her cries attracted help., FOUND DEAD. ; (BY .TBLEGRArit. —SPECIAL COItHESrONDEXT.) ' Levin, April n. A man named J. N. Patten, aged about fifty, years, ami who has been ompiuyecl a.s a cook on Mr. J. 11. ■ M'Donnld's farm, was l'mMid dead in his bed this morning. Dr. Mackenzie, who attended him, stateii that death was causcd by heart failure; deceased's heart liaviri" boon weakened by an attack of rheumatic forer. ■ ■ •
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 168, 9 April 1908, Page 9
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141ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 168, 9 April 1908, Page 9
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