SPIRITS IGNITE.
WITH A PATENT TROK v TWO CHILDREN,KILLED;:; -.: By Telegrapli—Press Association-Obpyriehl : .',' Melbourhe, December 29* r'A' ;'sad' „■ accident /is reported' ..froi Benalla,,.on tho . Broken River,;.-.-"abo't 120! miles north-east of Melbourne. - : ; ■ , Mrs. . Hooper, ' a resident of Benalli was ironing- 'clothing With -a'-'patent iro heated by mothylated spirits r ■an thinking the spirits/ had burnt but, pn ceeded to'. replenish the , iron, - when great sheet iof' flame,shot ,; out; '■'./; . Her three children: were standing, b; A • boy of .two and a' half. years ;died a most at once, dreadfully burnt and - succumbed' thn hours later, -whilst a .girl 'of ■ four ."'tri severely'blirnt, but hopes' of ,her. le'cofej are'; entertained; ;;••;:,://;;,:'/:' Thd mother, although she was. standir, oyer the j.iron, when 'the spirits '.ignitei and :.ior ,-iclothing actually -caught, fir. escaped uninjured. .... .';'.. '".:
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 December 1909, Page 5
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127SPIRITS IGNITE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 December 1909, Page 5
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