FATAL FIRE
[BY TEfcECBAFIt. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] TAURANGA, This Day. About 2.3o. this .morning; .«- cottage at the Gate Pa village, occupied by an old woman named Elizabeth Moon, was found to be on fire. - On the arrival of the villagers the whole place was ablaze, and it was impossible to enter the house. The cottage was entirely destroyed, and after water had been thrown on the ruins the place was entered and the body of Mrs. Moon was found, scarcely anything being lefb but the bones. Deceased, who was 95 years of age, had resided here about forty years, and had many descendants in the district.
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Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 88, 16 April 1901, Page 5
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105FATAL FIRE Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 88, 16 April 1901, Page 5
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