LOSSES BY FIRE.
SCHOOLHOUSE DESTROYED. INvT'ICARGILL, January 15. Through sparks from a scrub fire alighting on the sehoolhouse at Awarua Plains, "the building and its contents were completely destroyed in the early hours of Friday morning. The furniture was insured for £360, but there was no insurance on the building. MILKING SHED BURNT. WHANGAREI, January 14. As Mr Harold Smell, of Tutukaka, was starting the engine in his making shed yesterday, it back-fired, and the place was soon a mass of flames. Snell, in endeavouring to put out the fire, was badly burned about the legs and hands and was sent to hospital. The shed, which was insured for £2OO, was a total loss.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 81, 16 January 1928, Page 3
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