HAWERA FIRE TRAGEDY

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 62, 26 May 1928, Page 5

HAWERA FIRE TRAGEDY

ORIGIN A MYSTcRY

SEVERAL CONJECTURES. Press Association —Copyright HAWERA, This ".Day. No additional facts are to hand concerning the tragedy which overwhelmed jhhc Woollier family cmij yesterday morning i,n 'theiir (lonely cottage at Ararata, The bodies oi! the victims were brought to town during the day, the funeral taking place this afternoon. The cause of the fire is unknown, and it is difficult to explain the position of the father's body in the kitchen unless as is suggested! he got up to make a cup of tea as was his, custom. The kitchen 'stove is encased in an iron chimney and this and the kerosene lamp set-in the only likely sources of the outbreak. This however is all a matter of conjesture.