BURNED TO DEATH.
TWO ELDERLY GUM-DIGGERS
[By Telegraph—Press Association.]
WHANGAREI, Thursday.
Two men—Patrick Daley, aged *55, and Alfred Carr, aged 67 —were burned to death in a whare in the Puwera gum-digging camp, near Whangarei, yesterday.
Daley was seen alive at daylight, when he called at an adjoining whare for matches. The diggers, following their usual custom, were away from the camp all day. On their return one of their number made the shocking discovery that both deceased were lying in the open fireplace. The bodies' wcro badly charred. A large quantity of liquor was found on the premises and it is surmised that both men, who lived together, had a drinking bout, and while intoxicated fell off the form found in front of the fireplace. There were no signs of any struggle.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11977, 14 May 1914, Page 5
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