BURNED TO DEATH.
WELLINGTON, Aug. 22
At the inquest on Violet Rose Campbell, who died as the result of shock from burns, it was stated in evidence that deceased had threated to take her life on the night of the fatality. She came to her husband with her dress wet in front and said, " There! " then went out of the room. Her husband followed and found her with her clothing on fire. At the hospital her husband asked her, "Did you do it? " She replied: "Of course I did." She told Detective Lewis that her clothing caught fire accidentally.
The coroner found that death was due to shock from burns, the evidence not disclosing sufficiently whether the clothing became ignited accidentally or by deceased's action.
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Northern Advocate, 23 August 1913, Page 3
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