FIRE AT TAITA
■A, si;:-ronmo(l house, 7.'! years old, the property of Mr. A. .1. Harris, Martinborough, situated lit Taita, and occupied by Mr. N. ii. Hatley and his wife and two children, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday evening at about 11 o'clock. Mr. Ba'tlcy was awakened by the roar of the fire, and found his bedroom blazing. He aroused his wife and chilrlrcii, who just managed to escape in their ' ni'»hl* iittive. The fir:; is thought to have bean caused by the lii;;ii wind blowing cnil.eis from the oj.cn bedroom fire in!o some i-lot'ies I'.angin" in a comer. Nothing was
saved. Tlip furniture was isicured for iil-'H). The insur;;*ici: on the house, if any, has not yet, been ascertained.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 107, 2 November 1926, Page 11
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122FIRE AT TAITA Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 107, 2 November 1926, Page 11
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