Two deaths occurred, in the little village of Hyttylae in Finland, through? two boys playing with matches at the' farm of M. Kurppas. The farmer’s two' sons were alone on the lower floor of* the farm house during their parents’:, absence, and whilst playing with matchesr set Are to some bed-clothing. Fright-,; ened, the boys ran for help, forgetting? in their panic to warn their sisters and a friend who were sleeping on an" tipper floor. Heavy snow hindered the: fire brigade reaching the house. .Wheneventually the fire had burnt itself out" two burned bodies were found.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21544, 16 January 1932, Page 15
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97Page 15 Advertisements Column 8 Otago Daily Times, Issue 21544, 16 January 1932, Page 15
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