BURNED RIGHT OUT
FIRE IN WILLIS STREET .
A two-storied wooden dwelling .at 293, Willis street was destroyed by fire this afternoon. .The .brigade'ifceivea the call at' 2.25 p.m., but the fire had obtained a strong-hold befbre ifr arrived. Mames and huge>volumes \ol yellow smoke broke -Out: of the" .front windows and there .werfi: signalof*' tha fire spreading to the adjoining house on the south side- and : ; connected ; by a wooden passage-way' wi; the fifst. floor. The brigade got the high pressure 'htises to work, smartly' and prevented; .the flames spreading to; the . "adjolnidg houses. The outbreak at No. 295 ■vtfss under control' at> 2.45 p.m. ; but vriot before the interior had been completely, burned out. A wooden, h.o'u3S "on."the north side was slightly damaged' -.by; firo and water. '.:',".."".'!.".'.'"■ |. At the time of going to press, particulars as to the owner and .occupier of the house, insurance's, etc., are not available. . ', .. , .'■ -~"_' -.. '■'/.
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Evening Post, Issue 113, 10 November 1930, Page 11
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150BURNED RIGHT OUT Evening Post, Issue 113, 10 November 1930, Page 11
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