CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.
WHILE PARENTS WERE AT NEIGHBOURS. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) SYDNEY, July 10. During the absence of their parents at a neighbour’s home three children: Shirley Croke, aged 9; Winifred Croke, aged 7; and David Croke, aged 5, were burned to death in a wooden hut 19 miles from Camden last night. The parents and the tAvo elder daughters were playing cards at the neighbour’s when the fire occurred and thov Avere unable to rescue the children OAving to the flames having too great a hold on the hut.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 July 1938, Page 5
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