A SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.

Lake County Press, Issue 2138, 4 October 1906, Page 5

A SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.

Four Children Burned to Death. A cottage belonging to the N.Z Dairy Association, situated ai To Awamuti', was destroyed by lire on Thursday night last. It wan occupied by 11. 11. Hurt, creamery manager, a married man with a family. Four of tho children were burned to death and the; others had a narrow escape. The tie at Te Awatnut.u occurred about. 11).if>, tht: victims In ing four children of 11. liuti —a boy, Charles, aged Id ; Hector, f. ; Kthel, ."» : and William, :.' years. The family ret irod early. About ;-.n hj nir later the oldo.sl daughter gave the alarm of lire, which, by this time, had a strong hold of the old womleii building. Hull and his wife escaped with the baby, and four children foliowe I. P.y this time a nun.her of people ha 1 arrived on the scene, and every effort was made to rescue the remaining four chihhen, but the thine-' :'ii>! smoke hoing so strong, all attempts to re icli tlmm proved useless. About midnight the charred remains of the four children Were disc.ove, cl. I'liero were nine children in the family. All the b"_\s were loat. Nothing ivas saved from the cottage.