BURNED TO DEATH

Grey River Argus, 15 January 1925, Page 4

BURNED TO DEATH

Waiuta Miner MYSTERIOUS FIRE IN HUT. During the early hours of yesterday morning, a fatal and mysterious fire, in which a miner named William McCullen lost bis life, occurred at Waiuta. The unfortunate man, who was between 30 and 40 years of age, and whose wife resides at Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington, lived by himself in a small huL and was last seen about 8.30 o’clock the previous evening, when he was entering the hut. Ar about one o’clock in the morning. Constable Houston discovered the hut in flames, and the remains of the unfortunate victim were afterward* found in the ruins. The origin of the fire is a complete mystery, as there was no light burning within the building for some hours prior to Ihe fire being discovered. An inquest will he hold this morn-