COUNTRY HOUSE BURNT DOWN
TWO FIREMEN INJURED BY FALLING BEAM (New Zealand Press Association) INVERCARGILL, August 10. One of the finest country houses in Southland was destroyed by fire this afternoon. Two members of the Invercargill Fire Brigade were injured when a beam fell on them as they were fighting the fire. The house, a two-storeyed building on the Waitora estate at Dacre, was occupied by Mrs D. M. Hunt,- daughter-in-law of the late Sir William Hunt, formerly managing director of Wright, Stephenson and Company, Ltd. Sir William Hunt built the house. . The fire is thought to have started in a faulty chimney! There was no-cne-in the house at the time. The fire brigade was able to save only the garage.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27425, 11 August 1954, Page 7
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