DEATH FROM BURNS
ACCIDENT TO MAORI BOY Tress Association GISBORNE, Friday. A Maori boy, Joseph Wi Rangi, aged eight years, has died from burns received in a fire at Puha. The boy, and a girl aged 30 years, were alone in the house, their grandmother having gone out eeling. A lamp exploded, setting fir© to the bedclothes. The girl managed to put the fire out, wrapped the boy in a blanket, and carried him to a neighbour’s house. He was subsequently taken to hospital, where he died.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 532, 8 December 1928, Page 7
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