FATAL BURNS
VERDICT AT INQUEST The danger of mixing petrol and kerosene for use in kerosene stoves was stressed by Constable McKenzie at an inquest yesterday into the death on August 28 of William James Morris, labourer, aged 52. Deceased received severe burns when his bach at Palm Beach, Waiheke Island, caught fire 011 August 24. Constable McKenzie said he searched among the debris of the bach and found a partly melted stove. He thought deceased must have used a mixture of petrol and kerosene, causing it to explode. The coroner returned a verdict that deceased died from shock following burns received when his bach was burned down.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23761, 14 September 1940, Page 12
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