BURNED AND DROWNED
. »-■... ~,,-..;■,;. .~...'. ■.. . ' '.'.' '.*:. .".'.. -..,-. I WOMAN'S TEttftlßLE END*' ; ON" WAY HOME' FROM DANCE. -. Australian and N.Zi; Cable Association., . ;..■,-'-- [. (Kcod. 9.5 p;m.)r>. ,: Jan.' 13.i) :-■..-■ t After leaving a iazicj?'. dress dance- at '$•;•£• '• ■-; J: village:institute>nearJ:3f , rora6., Mr&. Knap-' - j. ton walking home in acostume con- "/;..■< I sLstina largely of cotton when■<the >- , dress caught fire from an acetylene lamp . . she was carrying. -There -ft\o"V stream ; * ' > nearby "and the , woman,', ' with fear,-. ; "'J rushed down the bank, plunged4ntO: the■» icy water, ancLwas drewnnd. ■ •*■■..■ ', . , ' * .': . Meanwhile her ' husband 1 and son, who- ■;•«■*; i were stopping up for her, grow' anxious, j f and/went to look for'her.-'They-foiind . , bits of the; scorched costume-op. the road, and.footmarks' to th* river-bank revealed' ' . the rest of the tragedy. ' -- , . '.: ; .-r: ;; >'T*.c;-■?-■''■ -^'':TT^7'~~T , ™Hr^
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 7
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120BURNED AND DROWNED New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 7
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