MORE SENSATIONAL THAN SERIOUS.
EXCITING FIRE EPISODE IN DUNEDIN. WOMAN FALLS THROUGH GLASS ROOF. (P« P8163 ABBOCJ»JIOSf.) DUNEDIN. June 12. A tiro occurred in \ block of shops with residences overhead after midnight in George street. It was of a sensational rather than a serious character. The outbreak originated apparently in the developing room of the American electric photographic studio, and some of the material censed dense smoke, which seriously alarm od the residents in the two dwellings upstairs, served by one exit. . Rescu? by the Fire Brigade was both exciting and very difficult, having to be effected From windows overlooking tile gla® roof of the verandah. One woman and three children were safely rescued, but Mrs Urter, who is in a delicate condition. jumped out of the arms of the fire superintendent and fell through the glass roof blie received a severe cut on the thigh and ■ suffering from severe shock. The actual damage to the premises was not serious.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9811, 12 June 1914, Page 5
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160MORE SENSATIONAL THAN SERIOUS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9811, 12 June 1914, Page 5
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