FIRE TRAGEDY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 10488, 28 December 1929, Page 1

FIRE TRAGEDY.

i FOUR CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. i A message from'Albuiy states that, trapped in a locked room of a home at the Coppabolla Station, four children, the oldest aged four and the youngest five months, were burnt to i death. i The whole countryside is horrified i at the appalling tragedy. The parents arc Mr and Mrs Graham. The father works half a mile distant, and the mother had children in a room for safety. A drover passing the house some time later saw it burning fiercely. He made frienzied efforts to break into the hut, but the terrific heat made it impossible. Charred almost beyond recognition, the bodies of tire three older children were found huddled in one corner. Tire body of the baby has not been recovered. No explanation of the lire can be given.