ORIENTAL BAY FIRE
SECOND VICTIM DIES
Mr. Walter Gray, who was seriously injured when lie jumped from an upstairs window in a blazing'house in Oriental Bay on Wednesday night, died at the Hospital at 10.30 a.m. to-day. It is thought that Mr, Gray, who was-an accountant, of Sydney, returned to his room, after the alarm had been given, to secure,some papers, and. was shut off from {'ho stairs by the fire, and that he rushed to the bathroom and jumped to the yard, suffering head injuries as well as,burns and shock. Ho was taken to the. Hospital -unconscious, but made- generally satisfactory progress till this morning, when he collapsed and died.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 6 December 1930, Page 11
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111ORIENTAL BAY FIRE Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 6 December 1930, Page 11
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