FIRE AT FRANKTON.
CBy Telegraph—Special to "St»r.") HAMILTON, this <U». Early thi? morning a fire complete destroyed a four-roomed bouse, «ituit» in Smith Street, Frankton, and oceupi" by Norman Krnst. Mr. Frost w«e ilM[ in the house when the fire «w»kn>«« him, and he had to run three-quwW* of a mile to the railway station to f<* the alarm. The house was well «llj!» when the brigade arrived, and they M* to take, out nine hundred feet of lw* through gorse. It, was impossible w save the house, and the brigade %*& ** confine its efforts to preventing idjo* ing property catching fire. The hoUJj wj« insured for £4.i0 in the SUndarf Office, and the content* for £125 in tl» •amp office. The origin of the fire " unknown.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 49, 27 February 1923, Page 4
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