BURNED WHILE COOKING.
WOMAN TERRIBLY INJURED.
A shocking burning accident occurred at the farm of William Knight, on the Narandera Road, near Wagga, S ays a Melbourne paper, when a young married woman sustained serious injuries. The husband was away from home making arrangements for the accommodation of his wifeand children to board while he wont to Victoria. Mrs. Knight was cooking and her apron became ignited at the kitchen fire. Her-screams, and those of Vaa children who ran from the house attracted the. attention of a man who'was passing along the road. He ran to the house and found the woman enveloped in flames. Before they could be subdued she was shockingly burned about the body. All the 'hair was burnt off her head.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17873, 30 August 1921, Page 6
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125BURNED WHILE COOKING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17873, 30 August 1921, Page 6
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