A SAD FATALITY.
Our Dargaville correspondent wrote on Tuesday An accident of a very distressing nature, and which has since terminated fatally, happened some ten days ago to Lily Priestley, daughter of Mr. M. Priestley, of Northern Wairoa. The little girl, who was only seven years old, had been playing with some matches, when her frock took fire, and before her mother could extinguish the flames, .she was severely burned about the legs. Dr. Norton tried all that medical skill could do to relieve her suffering; ,but, in spite of every care, she succumbed on Sunday, the 20th, and was buried at Mount Wesley Cemetery to-day. Many of her schoolfellows and playmates, among whom she was most popular, attended the funeral.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8680, 24 September 1891, Page 5
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