ACTRESS’S SAD FATE.
SUCCUMBS TO SHOCK AND BURNS. TINSEL DRESS IGNITED .FROM SWITCHBOARD. . 1 (Pen United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 7. The mishap to Miss Porter had a tragic ending, for. she succumbed to shock and injuries lust night. It was originally supposed that the accident was duo to a bursting fuse, but it now appears that metal on her tinsel dress flicked against two terminals on the electric switchboard, which happened to bo open at the time, and caused a short circuit. Somebody shouted: “Keep away from the other girls,” and she rushed off. Coats were thrown over her and the flames extinguished, but not (as it turned out) till the injuries were too severe. She was only 19, and had been with the Williamson Company for 11 years. Her father left Sydney on Saturday for Wellington. (The accident happened during the performance of‘‘The Peep Show” at tho Opera House pn Thursday night.] WHOOPING COUGH. Why allow your children to suffer? MARSHALL’S CASTANA VESCA is now a recognised remedy for the prevention qnd cure of W 7 hooping Cough. Its action is quick and certain in stopping the sickness and relieving severe fits .of coughing. Mothers are warned against allowing this disease in their children to remain unattended to. Obtain Castana Vesca from your chemist or grocer —Advt.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18856, 8 May 1923, Page 7
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219ACTRESS’S SAD FATE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 18856, 8 May 1923, Page 7
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