PERISHED IN FIRE
FARMER’S FOUR CHILDREN PARENTS SAVE TWO BABIES. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) VANCOUVER, December 9. Awakened by smoke, James Nesbitt, an Edmonton district farmer, and his wife had just time to seize their two babies and rush from the blazing farmhouse. The flames prevented them from dashing in again to rescue their four older children, a girl and three boys, who perished. Neighbours who saw the fire also arrived too late to give any assistance, and Mrs Nesbitt was seriously frostbitten on the hands and feet before she could be carried to shelter. The Canadian prairies are experiencing a fierce winter. The thermometer has dropped to 35 degrees below zero in the city of Winnipeg, and similar fearful temperatures have been recorded at Edmonton and'Calgary.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19321227.2.31
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 21837, 27 December 1932, Page 6
Word Count
129PERISHED IN FIRE Otago Daily Times, Issue 21837, 27 December 1932, Page 6
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in