A NARROW ESCAPE.
AWAKENED BY CRACKLING FIRE. BLAZE AT HEIGHT OF GALE. [ (Per Press Association). AUCKLAND, March 23. Awakened by the crackling of flames, the occupants of a house in Stanley' Point Road escaped from their burning home in their night attire at- the height of the -gale last night. Practically nothing was saved. The four occupants- of the house — Mr R. L. Cleland, .the owner; a married daughter, Mrs A. 11. Olelanp Pottie: Miss Doris Cleland; and Mrs Cleland Pottio’s seven-year-old daughter escaped when the house was a sea of flames. They had time to take with them only a few personal eflects. Mrs Cleland Pottie intended leaving Wellington by the Rangitila for England to-morrow. Her luggage had already been sent to Wellington. The house was insured ior LIoUU in Lloyd’s Office and the contents tor £550 in the Norwich Union Oflicc.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 52, Issue 140, 24 March 1932, Page 4
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143A NARROW ESCAPE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 52, Issue 140, 24 March 1932, Page 4
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