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ELDERLY SWINSTER
BURNT TO DEATH
? MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Desperate
efforts by a next-door neighbor- failed
to prevent Annie Thompson, 84year
old spinster, from being . burned to
death in her home . !ln'. Francis street, .
Colllngwood, early today-; ; t
? Miss Thompson h^d' lived alone ? for
many ; years in. the^^^'Biltelt
100 years old. .
-.t'Her only means of illumination were
kerosene - lamps' and candles,-- and ? it is
thought ' that .the fire was -started when'
the old lady, lupset ai;:ijglited''Candie!
during the. night.
She had; apparently, .'tried ' to reach-
the front ldoor,Miremen/flnditig,, ' :h'er'
body; in the hali;';near ? the- frOpt of i the1
houie.' ( ,? /
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