SEVEN-ROOMED HOUSE BURNT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 31 July 1911, Page 7

SEVEN-ROOMED HOUSE BURNT.

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WELLINGTON, July 31. A house of seven rooms, near Kaiwarawara, owned by Alex. W. Newton, and occupied by Robert J. Pope, headmaster of the Kaiwarawara School, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon, together with the whole of the contents. It is supposed that some clothes which were left to air in front of the kitchen range, took fire during the absence of the family. The house was insured in the Sun office for £600, and the furniture and effects were covered in the State office for £250. Mr Pope estimates that his loss will be £200 above the insurance.