MEMBER IN FLAMES
SCENE IN A PARLIAMENT.
CAPETOWN, March 23. An amazing incident occurred in Parliament this afternoon. Mr Georgo Brown, the new Labor member for Gorraiston, during a debate on the Estimates, burst into flames.
He rushed from the Chamber enveloped in smoke, followed by half :'■ dozen members of all parties, who went to the rescue.
A Labor colleague smothered the flrrmw, but Brown's hands were scorched, and his coat and some papers were destroyed.
The origin of the firo is uncertain, but the coat had been cleaned with petrol, .and there was a full box of matches in ono of the pockets.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 87, 14 April 1920, Page 7
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104MEMBER IN FLAMES Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 87, 14 April 1920, Page 7
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