FIRE BRIGADE’S BUSY DAY
TWO HOUSES DESTROYED By telegraph.—Press association. Gisborne, July 11. The fire brigade had a busy time in the earlv hours this morning, when two calls were answered. The first was at ‘2.35 o’clock, when a fourteenroomed house in Delautoiir Road, owned and occupied by Mr. F. E. Gaddum and family, was totally destroyed, the occupants having a narrow escapeThe fire,was beyond the confines of the Fire Board area, and. the engine, after journeying to the boundary, came back to town. The insurances are stated to be £3OOO on the house, and £5OO on the furniture, but in what offices is not known. At 3.45 o’clock the brigade turned ouf to fl call in Lytton Road, where a six-roomed house was burning fiercely, and with the high wind, was soon destroyed. The occupants also had a narrow escape, making a hurried exit in their night clothing. The house was owned by Mr. David Shaw, estate agent, and was occupied by Mrs. Augustine and family. The house and outbuildings were insured in the Farmers’ Co-operative Company of New Zealand for £2OOO. The furniture was also insured, but the amount is not known.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 255, 12 July 1926, Page 6
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