FARMER BURNT TO DEATH
SON'S NARROW ESCAPE
(By Telegraph—Press Association) OUAKUNE, 6th August. George Francis Edwards, a farmer, of Parapara road, about four miles from Raetdii, met bis death through the burning of the house in which lie and his son were residing about 2.30 this morning. A resident on the road returning from Ractihi noticed dames bursting from the residence. Ho rushed over and managed to awaken Wilfred Edwards, who escaped through the window of the room occupied by Edwards senior. However, the bouse was a mass of flames and it was too late to render help, it being impossible to get near owing to. the heat. Edwards junior had a narrow escape and had he not been awakened in a few more minutes be would have shared a similar fate. Mr Edwards bad spent the evening with neighbours, returning at midnight. The origin of the fire is unknown.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 7 August 1931, Page 5
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