SIX-ROOMED RESIDENCE GUTTED
NO INSURANCE ON CONTENTS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Invercargill, October 29. An outbreak of fife on Monday evening in a six.-roonied house, at Underwood, owned by N.Z. Milk Products, Ltd., and occupied by William Brighton, resulted in the complete destruction of the residence. The occupier was absent at the time, and the origin of the fire is a mystery. There was no insurances on the contents,- and the owner estimates his loss at several’hundred pounds. • Valuable work by a. bucket brigade prevented the-fire from spreading to adjoining premises, although the wall of the house next floor, occupied by J. R. Battin, was badly burnt. ’
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 31, 31 October 1929, Page 15
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