AUCKLAND FIRE.
NARROW ESCAPE. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 23. Awakened by. the crackling of flames, the occupants of a house at Stanley Point Road escaped from their burning home in their night attire at the height of a gale last night. Practically nothing was saved. Tlie four occupants of the house — Mr It. L. Cleland, the owner; a married daughter. Mrs A. R. Cleland Pottie; Miss Doris Cleland, and Mrs Cleland Pottie’s seven-yenr-old daughter—escaped when the house was a sea of flames and had time to take with them only a few personal effects. Mrs Cleland Pottie intended leaving Wellington by the Rangitiki for England to-morrow, and her luggage had already been sent to Wellington. The'house is insured for £ISOO, and the contents for £550.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 97, 24 March 1932, Page 7
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126AUCKLAND FIRE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 97, 24 March 1932, Page 7
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