FATAL BURNS
KILLING OFF WEEDS SODIUM CHLORATE IGNITES A WHANGARATA FARMER. Severe burns to the right side and arms, from which he later died in hospital, were received by a farmer yesterday while engaged in burning off scrub and noxious weeds on a farm near Tuakau. The victim was:— Mr. Frank Ernest Woodford Smith aged 43, a farmer, of Whangarata near Tuakau. Mr. Smith was using sodium chlorate at the time of the accident and his clothing became ignited. He was taken to the Auckland Hospital and admitted about 5 p.m., his death occurring five hours later. NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME LXXVIII, ISSUE 23860, 10 JANUARY 1941
FATAL BURNS
KILLING OFF WEEDS SODIUM CHLORATE IGNITES A WHANGARATA FARMER. Severe burns to the right side and arms, from which he later died in hospital, were received by a farmer yesterday while engaged in burning off scrub and noxious weeds on a farm near Tuakau. The victim was:— Mr. Frank Ernest Woodford Smith aged 43, a farmer, of Whangarata near Tuakau. Mr. Smith was using sodium chlorate at the time of the accident and his clothing became ignited. He was taken to the Auckland Hospital and admitted about 5 p.m., his death occurring five hours later. NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME LXXVIII, ISSUE 23860, 10 JANUARY 1941
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In Loving Memory of Frank E W Smith died 9.1.1941 aged 43 years beloved husband of Rose also their children Beryl died 11.10.1929 aged 2 1/2 years and John died 12.6.1941 aged 1 day
Family Members
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Florence Louisa Smith Baker
1884–1954
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William Henry Edmund Smith
1887–1947
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Sarah Ellen Smith Newrick
1888–1967
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Martha Jane Parker Smith Probert
1890–1958
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Rflmn Walter Herbert Charles Smith
1892–1918
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Albert George Jesses Smith
1894–1972
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Sydney Alfred Gladstone Smith
1899–1969
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Constance Isabella Smith Hanna
1901–1986
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Joseph Smith
1904–1904
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