FIRE NEAR NAPIER
FAMILY’S NARROW ESCAPE. Per Press Association. NAPIER, April 1. A seven-roomed house at Awatoto, owned by Mr S. Harris, and occupied by Mr J. Jenkins and family, was completely destroyed late to-night. Mr Jenkins was sitting reading in the kitchen and his wife was in the same room, when they discovered that tire front' of the houso was ablaze. They only had time to seize their child from its bed and make their escape. Mr Jenkins was able to move his car from a shed—the car and the shed were saved —but could not take anything out of the house Aw.atoto is beyond the fire brigade boundary, and there is no water supply. The direction of the wind and the efforts of a bucket brigade just prevented the adjoining houses from catching. The houso was insured for £7OO, and the furniture for £l5O.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 107, 2 April 1930, Page 4
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146FIRE NEAR NAPIER Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 107, 2 April 1930, Page 4
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