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MOTHER SAVES CHILDREN FROM BURNING HOUSE. BUILDING AND CONTENTS DESTROYED. (By Telegraph —Press Association.) TE AWAMUTU, This Day. L. S. Chamberlain’s six-roomed homestead at llairini, live miles from To Awamutu, was totally destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. Mrs Chamberlain was awakened by a crash, and found the whole building ablaze. She rescued the children, but valuable furniture, including old silver and a library, was lost. The motor shed, car, and dairy were also destroyed. The insurances were: On the buildings, £(5t)0; on the contents £uUO, and on the car £250, all in the British Traders’ office.
Mr Chamberlain is at present an inmate of the Rotorua hospital, and underwent a very serious operation last Wednesday.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 November 1929, Page 5
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