DWELLING DESTOYED.
(T-BE3S ASSOCIATION TEI^EORAH.) THAMES, May 28. Awakened Uy smoke'and-an oxplosion, JBoy Willis had" it narrow cscaoc from being burnt when a ten-roomed house on the outskirts' of the town was burnt *» th* ground at 8.85 Jthis - morning.
AA r iliis liad been looking aflcr tlie place during the owner's itbsx'iiee, but this was tho first night that he had-slept in the place, which was situated on a hill. The fire made a most imposing spec-
' tade. The fire brigade was helpless as no'water mains were near.- The property vias owned by Mr S. K. Heslop, of Hikutaia, and was insured for £7OO in tho Eagle and Star office.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19300529.2.51
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19940, 29 May 1930, Page 8
Word Count
110DWELLING DESTOYED. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19940, 29 May 1930, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.