Historic house badly burnt
The occupants and owner of Thornycroft House in , Fendalton have had a bad ' start to the New Year. Between 70 and 80 per: cent of the house was burnt! (out in a fire which started! early yesterday morning. The’ police have two reasons for believing that the: I fire is suspicious: Items of! furniture had been moved on the upper floors, and the occupants of the flats into which the house is divided are all on holiday. The owner of Thornycroft: House is also on holiday, and the police have not been able to get in touch with him. The two-storey wooden home at 15 Thornycroft Street is about 100 years old. Six engines, an emergency tender, and two patrol (cars attended the fire. 1
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Press, 3 January 1979, Page 4
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