CLOTHING CATCHES FIRE
WOMAN SERIOUSLY BURNED [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Thursday Extensive burns to the body were suffered by Mrs. Elizabeth Skinner, aged 51, of Morrinsville, to-day, through her clothing catching fire. The accident occurred as a result of some rags which she was holding being ignited by the flames of the stove in her home and then setting alight to her clothes. Mrs. Skinner was admitted to the Waikato Hospital and her condition is considered to be serious.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22005, 11 January 1935, Page 8
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