SERIOUS BURNS.
EARLY MORNING FIRE. Per Press Association. TE KUITI, Dec. 7. After being burned in a fire in her home at Kaeaea, near Aria, last night, Mrs Emily Parkes, the wife, of Mr P. S.’ Parkes, was'.admitted to. hospital in the early hours of this morning dangerously ill. The hovise caught fire last night when her husband was away, and Mrs Parkes and her three children escaped in their night attire. Evidently under the impression that one of the children was still in the house, Mrs Parkes rushed back into the burning dwelling, where her night clothing caught fire.
The four made their way to a neighbour’s house, and Mrs , Parkes was brought into the Te Kuiti Hospital. There has been no change in her condition since her arrival.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 9, 8 December 1937, Page 2
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