BOARDINGHOUSE ON FIRE
(BY TELEGftAt>n.—rRESS ASSOCIATION.)
TIMARU, This Day. Early this morning the fire brigade was called to Wai-iti-road, where Holmwood House, owned by Mr. E. R. Guinness, and occupied by Mrs. Lord as a boai'dingbouse, was found to be in flames. The brigade worked for two ■jiours and a-half before the flames were extinguished, and in that time,extensive damage had been done. THe fire apparently started in -the kitchen, but its origin is a mystery. All the inmates escaped safely. The,building was an old wooden structure of twelve rooms.,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19220309.2.75
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 57, 9 March 1922, Page 7
Word Count
90BOARDINGHOUSE ON FIRE Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 57, 9 March 1922, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. 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