DEATH CAUSED BY BURNS.
I FATALITY AT HE'LENSVILLE. i Details of the accident at Helensvilleon 1 January 10, resulting in the death of Mrs. • Stokes, caretaker of Parakai baths, show , that Mrs. Stokes commenced to boil water 'on a spirit lamp, which upset., the burn- ' ing spirits covering her dress and fhoes. j Being unable to extinguish the flames by ' smothering them with clothes, she got into I a cold bath. By this time, however, all i her clothes were burnt, and one leg was I very severely injured. Mrs. Stokes suci ceeded in extinguishing the flames in the water, and a few minutes later went to the caretaker's house, where she was , given flour to dress her injuries. She also : saw a nurse, who sent her to the hospital, i She died on Saturday last. Mrs. Stokes, who was about 32 years of age, is survived by her son. At the inquest, which was held on Sunday, a verdict of accidental death, due to shock, with no blame attachable to anyone, was returned*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16760, 29 January 1918, Page 4
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