DEATH FROM BURNS.
(Per United Press Assocutjos.)
WELLINGTON. March 13.
At the inquiry into the death of the five-year-old daughter of George Pcttit evidence showed thai the child was playing on a, vacant section. Some paper and rubbish wore ignited at the foot of a. small bank, and the girl was standing just above, when suddenly she saw her dress was on fire. ~ Sheran homo screaming, and her mother extinguished the flames, but the child's body was terribly burned. Sho died from shock seven hours "later. A verdict, of "Death from shock' caused by burns accidentally ift flicted" was returned.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13855, 19 March 1907, Page 5
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