BURNED TO DEATH
TRAGEDY AT SPRINGSTON SOUTH By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, April 1. A man believed to be Augustus Trevitt Hamilton, married, aged about 50, was burned to death in a house at Springston South to-night. The house, a wooden one. containing six rooms, was occupied by Hamilton, his wife and a boy aged four. It was seen to be on fire at 6 o'clock to-night and Constable Fallow, who is stationed in the district, was informed. He immediately went to the scene and noticed the charred body of a man in the blazing building. Because of the intense heat and also the lack of water, he was unable to recover the body from the flames. Hamilton was the only one in the house during the day, his wife and child having gone out in the morning. There are two other members of the family, a girl aged 17 and a boy aged 15, but they did not reside at the house as they are working away from home.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21361, 2 June 1939, Page 8
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169BURNED TO DEATH Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21361, 2 June 1939, Page 8
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