FIRE IN EVERY ROOM

Hawera Star, Volume L, 7 April 1931, Page 5

FIRE IN EVERY ROOM

BRIGADE SAVES HOUSE. INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.} CHRISTCHURCH, April 6. When fire brigadesmen entered a house in Norfolk Street to which they had been called to quell an outbreak of fire this evening, they found evidence which led to the suspicion that the house had been deliberately set on fire. The alarm was given by a boy who called at the house on an errand. When the firemen arrived they found that a fire had been started in every room in the house. Beds had been saturatde with kerosene, which was also spilled on the floor. In the sitting room a mat and an armchair had been soaked; both were burning. Clothes hanging on pegs in the hall were soaked and burning. The timely arrival of the brigade prevented the destruction of the house. Not much damage was done. The house was occupied by Robert Tlimopson Nirrie and owned by Mrs. B. J. Phillips, Christchurch. The house was insured but the furniture was not covered. Nobody was at home when the outbreak occurred.

The need for protection against fire loss is obvious. 'Consult the Mercantile and General Insurance Company, Ltd. Local Agents: Johnson and Hev, Grocers, Hawera. —Advt.