A NARROW ESCAPE.
(I6aiJ>BEN IN A BURNING HOim '*! ■ .. ' ■.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
HASTINGS, this day.
A flve-roomed house in Lowell-street owned by Mr: J. G. Hill and occupied by. Gavin Allah, union secretary, -was destroyed by fire at 9.30 last evening. Owing to the absence oi a water supply, the Fire Brigade wr.s unable tc render, assistance, and everything was- lost. Allan's sons, aged live and eight years, the only occupants of the house at the time of the outbreak, had a harrow escape. A man passing along the adjacent road heard the sere-ins of cHldren, and running to the burning building was just in time to effect a rescue. htr. Allen was attending the New Zealand Labour party meeting, and his wife ' waa away nursing In the country. There is £_0 insurance on -he furniture in the South British, and a poHoy was also placed on the house, hut particulars ,-T(. nf-t. aViMl9>»Jo,
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 75, 27 March 1912, Page 5
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153A NARROW ESCAPE. Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 75, 27 March 1912, Page 5
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