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'■[The front of a flat was ablaze ’’ in the early hours of e yesterday morning bei cause the occupants left ; a burnt out mattress on I their front porch. s. ’ The mattress caught fire at 2 a.m. and the four men
el in the flat at 157 Bordesf! ley Street, Linwood, threw it out of the front) door and dowsed it with ■ t water, thinking they had r quenched the flames., Firemen are shown inj the photograph dowsing' r a section of the frontl 1 porch.
■ But while they returned to , their beds the still :| smouldering mattress ignited the wooden I porch and by 4.30 the front of the house was j well alight. j 'One of the flat’s occupants, Mr N. Guthrie, woke up to the fire which was spreading down the hall. | The other men, Messrs ' M. van der looy, R. Guy, and J. Banks, tumbled I out of bed when Mr Guthrie raised the alarm. The fire brigade arrived soon after the men got clear of the house and the fire was quickly brought under control. ' Severe damage was caused to( the porch and there was' moderate damage to a I front room and the hall.!
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33873, 19 June 1975, Page 18
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