FATAL FIRE

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 71, 22 September 1915, Page 8

FATAL FIRE

TWO LIVES LOST AT FENDALTON (»T MLBORiPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, This: Day! A fatal fire occurred at Fendalton at 10 o'clock .last evening, when a new two-storyed bungalow in Idras-road was destroyed. The victims were Mrs. Cookson, aged about sixty, and her granddaughter aged two years, , daughter of Mr. F. W. Freeman, surveyor. Mrs. Cookson, a well-known resident, has been living with, her son, Mr. J. B. Cookson, who left the house at 7 o'clock, j when everything was safe. j The house was ' full of suffocating ! smoke when the neighbours discovered the blaze, but an attempt was made to remove the furniture. None of the helpers knew at that time that there was anybody inside the house. They had only been at work for a little time when the flames broke through with a roar and the whole buildihg'Was enveloped. It, was not till -Mr: and Mrs. Freeman and Mr. Cookson arrived that it was ascertained that the house was occupied, and it was then much too late to attempt' to effect a rescue. • •-". The origin of the , outbreak .is - a mystery. When you see the Fire Brigade rushing along the street, think of the British Dominions General Insurance Company, Panama-street. They cover all losses by fire.— Advt. - • ■ ;