WOMEN NEARLY TRAPPED.
FERE llf NAPIER HOUSE. STARTED IN WASH-HOCSE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.)" "" NAPIER. Tuesday. A two-storey eight-roomed house, owned by Mr. E. Varley Hudson, of Auckland, and occupied by Mr. H. Dixon, was almost completely gutted by fire this afternoon. The fire started in the wash-house, and the flames had a good hold before two women, who were upstairs, became aware of it. Their escape was made possible only by the assistance of two men. who noticed their plight. Nothing was saved. Mr. Dixon's furniture was insured for £350 in the State Office. The top storey of the building was let as a flat, and the occupiers had no insurance on their furniture and effects.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 151, 29 June 1927, Page 3
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