ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS
FALL IN- BOILING s POOL
BOY FATALLY SCALDED.
TE PUKE, Jan. 3
A Maori hoy of eight years was fatally scalded at Otaramara, Lake llotoiti; yesterday. He was | playing near the boiling . surplrur pools and springs, in the vicinity, which is 15 miles from Rotorua, and on the To Puke road, when he accidentally slipped and fell dpto a boiling alum pool. ’ . ' • ’* v- : F , Although the ..pool was shallow flip boy was severely.' scalded .*o tile hips. He was''rescued by playnia.tes in . a semi-cdiiscipus condition, . arid parried home,/a ! ; distance Of two miles, over roffgh fern / country. Late. last eveiprig/he succumbed.
,l ; Who pays the/bill for the injured? Consult the /Standard /Insurance Company for lull /protection—rO. G. ; Bloore, chief?agerit; S. G, Nortbe, local. manager.t~{Advt.) / f . /
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11407, 7 January 1931, Page 5
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