TRAGIC FIRE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1941, Page 8

TRAGIC FIRE

WOMAN LOSES LIFE

HUSBAND INJURED

TRAPPED BY FLAMES

I (P.A.) AUCKLAND, This Day. A fire tragedy occurred in Ward Terrace, Sandringliam. shortly after 1 o'clock this morning, resulting in the death of Mrs. Grace Lord, aged 26. and injuries to her husband, Mr. William Lord, aged 34, engineer, both of whom cam.c to Auckland from Hclensville a fortnight ago. A neighbour returning from work at 12.15 noticed nothing unusual. He was awakened later by calls for help and saw the Lords' home on fire. The brigade was called and four engines arrived and got the fire under control almost immediately, Mr. Lord had struggled out of the burning building with burns on his face. back, and head, but he was unable to get his wife out. Her body was discovered by a fireman near the door of her bedroom, which was in the back of the house. She had apparently been overcome by smoke and flames before reaching the bedroom door. Her body was severely burnt. Mr. Lord was taken to the casualty ward of the hospital. The house, an old wooden building, burnt fiercely. The brigade officials believe that a small fire was Left burning in the grate in the living-room at the back of the house and that the fire may have spread from this.