BURNT TO DEATH.
♦ TERRIBLE FATE OF A FAMILY. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. PARIS, June 29. A fire in a villa near Tours resulted ill an officer, his wife, two children, and a maidservant being burnt to death. A quantity of o’o thing soaked in petrol was found, suggesting that the officer had sprinkled the room with petrol, set it afire, shot himself, and leaving his family imprisoned amid the flames.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 30 June 1927, Page 9
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69BURNT TO DEATH. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 30 June 1927, Page 9
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