MUSIC AT FATAL FIRE
An old-fashioned musical bos played a lively tune amid the flames when a cottage caught fire at Sheffield recently. The occupant of the house, Mrs, Minnie Cross, was so severely burned that she died in hospital. The fire was discovered by a neighbour's 12-year-old son. A fire brigade was called, and while the flames were being quailed one of the fireman caught his foot on the old musical box in a room. The box at once began to play. Neighbours state that Mrs. Cross was a woman of good education. She had lived alone for 20 years. She was an accomplished pianist. Copies of musio and ' newspapers dating back 40 years filled drawers and cupboards in the house.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21462, 8 April 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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122MUSIC AT FATAL FIRE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21462, 8 April 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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