Two calls were received by the Fir© Brigade last evening to attend chimneys on fire. One alarm was given at about 5.40 p.m., tho outbreak being in a. chimney of a "dwelling, No. 9, Dransfieldstreet, occupied by Mr. George Newson. The chimney of a ;.boarding-house was tile next to catch on firo, the call being received shortly after 8 p.m. The house, 27, Walter-street, is occupied by Mr. Ernest Cameron. Mrs. E. Wilson, late'of Kiritaki, Dan. nevirke, and now of Hukanui, Wairarapa, has been advised that her adopted son Thomas, who returned to the firingline some time ago after being gassed, was wounded on 13th December last. He is now in the . Redl Cross Hospital, Chelmsford, England, suffering from shrapnel wound?, 'which were so severe that they necessitated the amputation of the left leg. Private Wilson, who is 1 now doing well, enlisted in Australia.
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 8
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