EXCITING ESCAPE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 141, 26 March 1928, Page 5

EXCITING ESCAPE

WOMAN SLIGHTLY BURNED APARTMENT HOUSE FIRE. SHEET'S USED AS ROPE. (Per Press Association.. I AUCKLAND, This Day. Fire early this morning destroyed an | eight-roonnd apartment house in James Street, owned by Mrs Hall and occupied i by ■ Mrs North. Eight people were i asleep in the old wooden building, j Mrs North found the flames leaping from a linen press under the staircase. She hastened to waken the .other inmates, while her son got through a window to give the alarm. | Two- women escaped from the front bedroom of the second storey in their night attire, lowering themselves down a sheet and falling several feet. One of them, Miss Ethel Beatty, had an ! ■ ankle ricked through the sheet break-1 ( ing. Mrs Kelsell was slightly burned, A one ear and her hair being slightly j j burned. ,

DAMAGE AT IIOKITIKA, HOKITIKA, This Day. A fire at 3 o’clock this morning in the centre of .Re veil street gutted Stephens Bros.’ tobaconnist and hairdressing, saloon, while a billiard-room at the rear was damaged by water. The contents of the saloon and shop are a total loss. The adjoining premises were not damaged. The insurance on the billiard tables is £l5O, and on the fittings of the saloon £SO, in the South British office. The stock is insured for £SOO in the Royal Exchange. The insurance on the buildings was £l3O in the Victoria and £320 in the National offices.