WOMAN DIES FROM BURNS
CLEANING CLOTHES WITH BENZINE (Per United Press Association,] HAMILTON, September 18, Shocking burns resulting in her death in the Waikato Hospital yesterday were sustained by Miss Bessie Ferguson Keith, aged forty-five, at Hillcrest on Saturday. The deceased, who was a resident of Auckland, was visiting her sister, Mrs W. T. Nelson. Miss Keith was cleaning clothes with benzine during the absence of Mrs Nelson from the house when the spirit was ignited by flames from the kitchen stove. Her clothes caught fire and she rushed outside, rolling herself on the grass to extinguish the flames. When Mrs Nelson returned she found Miss Keith with her hair and clothes burned off. She was rushed to the hospital, where she succumbed from her injuries early yesterday morning.
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Evening Star, Issue 21519, 18 September 1933, Page 11
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129WOMAN DIES FROM BURNS Evening Star, Issue 21519, 18 September 1933, Page 11
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