ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
(Per Press Association.! AUCKLAND. Oct. 26, On Wednesday last during a fancy dress ball petty officer W. Tickett, who was coming out to join the Chatham, appeared as a Zulu chief, wearing an oakum girdle and wig* While lighting a cigarette the girdle caught fire and in a few seconds he was a mass of flames. Attempts to extinguish the flames failed until he had been so severely burned that death followed later.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 848, 27 October 1923, Page 6
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75ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 848, 27 October 1923, Page 6
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