FIRE AT WAVERLEY

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 142, 13 December 1923, Page 8

FIRE AT WAVERLEY

THREE SHOPS DESTROYED.

Z £»* TItIOEAPH.— PEJSB ASSOCIATION.! Z ' WANGANUI, This Day. ™ _ A disastrous fire occurred at Wav'erley j in the early hours of ■■ this morning. The * outbreak was ' discovered in Muif's 2 Buildings, in which there were three 'I..^.9PJ._occupied by J. J. Patton (tailor), Hr Daniels' (confectioner and fruiterer), and G. M'Gorrery (grocer), also by \V. . H.-.,^a.m.e?._,(commissipn agent), i The fire r was discovered by Mr. and Mrs. Daniels r.who lived on the premises. The flames ;;had .a~ good- hold- and Mr. ai-J Mrs - JJaniels-had to make a hurried escape ;t an their night attire. There is no fire :«brigade but old members rallied, and ■* assisted by- a number of young men the -manual engine was requisitioned, and ;:.the hre confined to the premises named :£ atJ£ n, hatf "o insurance on his stock'iiam^ sstockAvas ins"reel for £400 in :£6ooron bis-stock in the Atlas Office , I ? ntiSi^, U1 dlng whs insured for £«006 . ; ,in.i3jfeJSauth':British Office.