FIRE AT TAHUNA
PORTION OF COTTAGE GUTTED The central portion of a small cottage of three rooms on the Rocks road, Tahuna, owned hv Mrs A. Gould and occupied hv Mr C. E. Holmes was gutted by fire soon after 11 o’clock this morning. The Taluina Brigade was soon on the scene and made a good save by the use of their chemical spray engine. Tho Nelson Brigade engine arrived soon afterwards and made sure of no further spread of the fire with a jet of sea water pumped by the new engine. At the time of the outbreak there was no one at home, Sir and Mrs Holmes being in Nelson at their business. Tho cause of the fire is unknown.
No particulars of the insurances are available.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19310224.2.26
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 24 February 1931, Page 4
Word Count
129FIRE AT TAHUNA Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 24 February 1931, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.