EXIT IN FLAMES
MAN'S NARROW ESCAPE ASLEEP IN BLAZING ROOM (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June 19. Caught in a blazing house while asleep in front of a fire, Mr. James Brown, of Huntly, had a narrow escape from death early, last evening. In making his way out through a window he received severe burns and was later admitted to the Waikato Hospital. The house consisted of three rooms and was owned and occupied by Mr. Brown's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Brown, both of whom were absent at the time.
Mrs. Brown went out at about 6 p.m. to visit some friends, and an hour later Mr. James Brown awoke to find the whole room in flames. His only hope of escape was to climb through the window, and as he did so his clothes caught fire and were burnt from his back.
Nothing could be done to save the house, which was destroyed with its contents.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 143, 20 June 1938, Page 4
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159EXIT IN FLAMES Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 143, 20 June 1938, Page 4
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