MAN PERISHES IN FLAMES

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 198, 19 May 1936, Page 11

MAN PERISHES IN FLAMES

> Asleep in Blazing Whare EFFORTS TO RESCUE HIM FAIL By Telegraph.— Press Association. Wairoa, May 18. Smashing down the door of a blazing whare in tiie public works yard at about 6.30 o’clock on Saturday morning, two North Clyde residents were horrified to see through the flames the form of a man on a mattress on the floor. Efforts were made by one man to enter the building, but lie was forced back by the flames and intense heat. The building was burnt to the ground, and a search by the police among the debris resulted in the finding of the charred remains of Arthur Noffke. alias Arthur Weir, aged about GO, who had been living in the whare for only a few days. Tho fire was first discovered by Mr. W. Harnett and Mr. A. E. Pettit, occupiers of residences nearby, and it was Mr. Pettit who attempted to enter the whare to rescue the man, An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. V. E. Winter, district coroner, who found that Noffke was burned to death, but that there was nothing to show how the fire started.