SCALDS PROVE FATAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22260, 7 November 1935, Page 12

SCALDS PROVE FATAL

DEATH OF LITTLE FALL INTO HOT WATER ACCIDENT IN FARMHOUSE ' Si Fatal scalds were suffered bv ley Joseph Otto, aged 2J years J," 1 * he fell backward into a p an water at his parents' home at •■j£Pt rimu about eight o'clock v«&Sll morning. The child, whose back severely scalded, was taken to tt!— Auckland Hospital in a St. J /o hn bulance, but died at 6.55 last'ev^S A large pan of water had be«! heated on the kitchen range bv «?'• child's father, Mr. A. A" Otio f*" 1 use on the farm, and was momenfcN arily left on the kitchen floor. 'T&! child, the second youngest of a fa2« of five, stepped backward and tri PI »S * over the pan, falling into the water. not When he was lifted out, the child® clothes were immediately removed anJ Mr. Otto telephoned a doctor, 3gHj ordered an ambulance from Aucfcl land. The child was admitted -to •Ti&ln pital at 12.25 p.m. **