FATAL MISTAKE
GmL'S HAIR WASHED IN BENZINE. (BY TELEGRAPH — PRESS ASSOCIATION.) OHRISTOHURCR, This Day. The Circumstances of the death of Winifred Peagram, aged 9, were investigated at an inquest last night. Evidence was given that the mother washw the girl's hair with a liquid she believed to be kerosene. While drying the hair before the fire, the hair caught alight and the fchild was so badly burned that she died at the hospital. Subsequently it was, discovered the liquid was benzine A verdict was returned that death was due to shook. The mother was severely burned, and ie now in > the hospital.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 45, 21 August 1913, Page 8
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102FATAL MISTAKE Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 45, 21 August 1913, Page 8
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