HOMESTEAD BURNED
TOTAL LOSS ESTIMATED AT £8500.
(BI TELIORAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
DANNEVIRKE, 24th May. The Glengarry homestead, about three miles from Damievirke, was totally destroyed by fire this afternoon. It was a wooden building, consisting of 22 rooms: Part of the house was old, but a considerable portion of it was new. It is surmised that the fire originated in the region of the hot water service. Through lack of fire-fighting facilities, nothing could be done to extinguish the flames, which consumed the building in a very short space of time.
Practically nothing was saved. The structure and furniture, the property of Major James. Armstrong, were valued at £8500, and were insured for approximately £6500 in the Standard Office.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 123, 25 May 1923, Page 8
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