ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
CRIPPLE’S DEATH FROM BURNS (P.A.) WHANGAREI, May 13. Extensive burns to the face and body were suffered this morning by Mrs Josephine Hershaw, aged 72, a widow, of Pipiwai, and she died while being admitted to hospital. The deceased, who had been a cripple for 19 years, was given a cigarette oy her daughter, who then .went to the milking shed. The daughter on returning found the room filled with smoke and her mother seriously burned. FALL FROM A TREE, Mr Arthur Brown, of Norwood street, North-East Valley, was admitted to the Public Hospital at 2.15 p.m. yesterday, suffering from injuries received when he fell .from a tree. SHIP’S FIREMAN INJURED Mr W. Rothman, a ship’s fireman, was admitted to the Public Hospital at 8.15 p.m. yesterday suffering from head injuries received when ne fell down a companion-way. STRUCK BY A STONE’. Billie Mehalski, a boy whose home is at 98 Gordon road, Mosgiel, v;as admitted to Hospital at 5.45 p.m. yesterday suffering from head injuries received when he was struck- by a stone while playing. ' \
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24915, 14 May 1942, Page 6
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