FIRE IN WELLINGTON.
(Pes Peess Association.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 27. Shortly after one o'clock this morning a fire broke out in a house of seven rooms in Epuni street occupied by John McNaught. ~ The flames spread rapidly from the dining room on the ground •• floor to the upper storey, where two bedrooms and their contents-were badly damaged. The lower part of the house was damaged by smoke, heat, and water. Mrs Heft aught was alone in the house. She is in a delicate state of health, and was only .got out with difficulty. Her limbs were scorched and she was suffering so much from shock that it was found necessary to summon a doctor. The house was owned by McNaught, a linotype operator in the New Zealand Times Office, and insured in the Commercial Union for' £6OO. The Norwich Union had a risk of £IOO on the furniture.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9452, 27 February 1911, Page 8
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147FIRE IN WELLINGTON. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9452, 27 February 1911, Page 8
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