OUR DAILY FEATURES

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXV, Issue 12305, 20 April 1937, Page 2

OUR DAILY FEATURES

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Tauranga 50 Years Ago From the Bay of Plentv ti. A„H. » ;ii s«.i paragraphs:— ™*i»s -A flic which, but for ti melv covery. might have been “t with disastrous results occur™ 4 Devonport Road at 2.30 a m V A IS day at the residence of Mr tv'l, art. The fire seems to have orAA' ed by- a light left burning ft' cnildrcn’s bedroom contiim t n tact with some drapery, wherehv'a lining of the wall was ignited ‘ u Stewart was awakened bv the if 5 of the children, and at once .W 63 alarm which speedily brought 6 .1“? anoe from the r.eighhoms, wi io T; some difiiciiliy in keeping the ... check, as by ;;.;s % rushing up net ween the lining 2 Die weatherboards. A continent, the Fire Brigade under lusdA° Asher, shortly arrived, and Us '® ccssful in suppressing the lire A, a few minutes' work. The lininthe wall was considerably d »a™ and some turmture and effects vr > injured by smoke and water” ’ ‘ Wc “On Monday last, when about miles distant, from Oamaru, au exol sion of coal gas occurred on boardth. s.s. Omapere. She hud a large c a ! of coal from Greymouth, and on of the hatches being lifted to get o« some gear, the gas caught fire from lantern.” uaii