DESTRUCTION BY FIRE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 103, 2 May 1908, Page 5

DESTRUCTION BY FIRE.

AN OLD COUPLE NEARLY BURNED, ,; ' ' tPBES»>A'i^OCIAMOy.] . GISiORNE, May % An elderly qoiiple gained narrowly escapetpdesllth by burning at Tekaraka last nighty' SDheir residence was discovered tSb'e/oit fire by Con-, stable Doyle and two, neighbours, who rushed in' and' 'brought'- out Henri Thompson, who is blind; and her husband, who was, found-lying on his back on the floor beside-the bed, almost suffocated by smoke and fumes.

TWO SHOPS DESTROYED

WAIPAWA, :May 2. The premises of Rokjer,,draper, and Simpson, hairdresser, were destroyed by fire at' Waipukurau last night, and those of . Jones, butcher, were damaged. The insurances amount to £850.