FATAL FIRE IN THE NORTH.
DESTRUCTION OF A BOARDING HOUSE. ■PROPRIETOR BURNED TO DEATH. A fire occurred in a hoardirighouac at Waiharara, neaT Awanui, North oi Auckland, at 5 a.m, thin morning, and resulted in the complete destruction of the building and contents, and the death of the owner, F. I*. Rciilv. Intimation concerning the fatality "■wns received by Superintendent Mitchell thje morning, ■but no details have been supplied. Hoilly, the message stitee, periehed in the house. Waihsnn 5s a. small, gnmdigging eettlemcnt eparscly populated, and with only « few buildings. The. hoardinghoitsp was of the usual tvpa ex«it«d ia districts, »nd was valued *t ! between £400 and dCSOO. Eeilly iraa a middlc-sgn] man, and married, and hail b«n running the board* ing house for many yean past.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 186, 6 August 1913, Page 5
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