A CHILD BURNED FATALLY.
Carter ton, March 21. At the inquest on the 4£ year old daughter of Mr W. J. Macauley, of Carrington Settlement, the evidence showed that the child was burned to death through her night clothes of flannelette catching fire. The jury added a strong rider to their verdict condemning the use of flannelette, by which they declared many lives were sacrificed, and asking the Government to impose a prohibitive duty in the cause of humanity. The material was denounced as dangerous to life and inimical to health, and tli© jury thought it should be be banished from every household. • *
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Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12749, 22 March 1910, Page 4
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103A CHILD BURNED FATALLY. Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12749, 22 March 1910, Page 4
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