FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 188, 4 May 1908, Page 9

FIRES.

-ft- :— ; NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH. , tux rELEURiru.— PKESS ASSOCIATION.) Cisborne, May 2. ; An olderly couplo named Thompson nar rowly escaped death bj' burning at Ti Karaka. Their residence was discovered to bo on firo by Constable Doylo and two neigh bonrs, who rushed iii and brought out Hen Thompson, who is blind, and ,her husband Tho latter was found lying on his hack 01 the floor beside tho bed, almost suffocate! by tho smoko and fumes. A BLAZE AT WAITUKURAU. (l!T TKM-jGHArII. —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.! Walpukurau, May' 2. , J3y a firo at Waipukurau last night Rokkjer's drapery storo and Simpson's hair dressing and billiard saloon won; burned t the ground. Jones's butcher shop wa partly burned. ; A block of four shops across tho stree wao saved by t tho firo corps, with a. huckc service. It was a calm night, otherwis there would liavo been a disastrous blaze, an most of tho town would have gone. (BY TF.I.EGII.MMI —PUKBS ASSOCIATION. t The fire was caused by a lamp getting uj set iii Rokkjer's shop. ■ Insurances: —Rokkjcr, furnituro and stock £200 in Nortboru Allianco oflico (insuranc on tho building not ascertaining); Simpson' building £350 in tho Phoenix; Jones's built; ing £250 in tho London and Lancashire officc