FIRES.
COTTAGE AT GISBORNE DESTROYED. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Gisborne, Feb. 6. A fire destroyed a five-roomed dwelling in Stout street owned l>y Mrs. Jennings and occupied by Mr. H. Stevenson this evening. Mr. Stevenson was hanging pictures and knocked over a lamp owing to the step-ladder falling. This caused the blaze. Nothing was saved. The furniture was insured for £175 in a Wellington office, the name of which is not available. The insurance on the house is not ascertainable. Two hours previously a fire destroyed a washhouse at the rear of premises in Wellington street. The damage is estimated at £25. The house was saved by the prompt action of Constable Johnston in getting a hand-reel to work.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 46, 7 February 1912, Page 3
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