DAMAGE BY FIRE
Home Totally Destroyed
By Telegraph—Press Association
Waipukurau, January 13.
An outbreak of fire that "'as quickly extinguished by tiie brigade occurred at 6.45 p.m. yesterday when considerable damage resulted to the stock of Messrs. L. Hawke and Co., electricians and radio and music dealers, also a small loss in Mr. E. C. Woodward’s pharmacy adjoining.- The building, which is owned by Mr. A. E. Jull, was only slightly damaged. The cause was possibly a dropped cigarette butt. The stock, plant, and office furniture of Hawke and Company were insured for £957, while Mr. Woodward and Mr. Jull were also covered against loss. A dwelling owned and occupied by Mr. R. McNabb, of Takapau, was totally destroyed by fire at the week-end, th? origin being unknown. The insurances are understood to be £350 on the house and £250 on the furniture in the National office. Some articles wer? saved.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19360114.2.126
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 93, 14 January 1936, Page 11
Word Count
151DAMAGE BY FIRE Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 93, 14 January 1936, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in