HOMESTEAD DESTROYED
OUTBREAK AT ROTORUA. JEWELLERY WORTH £SOO LOST. (By telegraph—Press Association.! ROTORUA. March 6. One of Rotorua’s best known homesteads was destroyed by fire in the early hours of this morning, when the residence of Sir C. Smith at Kawalia Point was gutted. The origin of the outbreak is unknown. Mrs Smith awakened to find the ceiling of her bedroom ablaze. Mr and Mrs Smith, together with Mrs J. C. Chalmers, and a young man named Coutts employed on the property, were the only occupants and they were compelled to make a huiried escape in their night attire. Standing, on a projecting headland amid spacious grounds the homestead overlooked the lake and the town and commanded one of the finest views in the district. Mr Smith, who had just returned from a trip abroad, is a heavy loser as the furniture and contents of the house were not insured. Among other things a quantity of jewellery valued at £SOO and a sum in cash were lost.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 7 March 1935, Page 5
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