FIRE AT NEW BRIGHTON.
:- CAT UPSETS A LAMP; - [BS" I'IILIiGEAX'H.'—I'EESS AS3OOIAriONJ • OhHISTOHTOOH, Thursday. A fire of an unusual character occurred at New Brighton on Tuesday night* when a two-storey house, owned and occupied by Mr, A. C. Hullet, was totally destroyed. The outbreak was caused by a wild cat, Which entered the house, and, in its efforts to escape, upset a lighted lump, which rolled against the curtains. The flames quickly caught hold of the; dry wood, and though strenuous effort*! were made by residents and campers, they failed to master the fire. The house and furniture were insured in■ : the ..State:'-office.'for..,£2oo and £100. Kow. Brighton is pestered by ownerless cats, which roam about the town. They have mostly been left*by summer ; , visitors, and a raid will now be, made to exterminate them.. ;■ -.-.'. ■ ..;...•.:■.■ ' Tao weariness of age ■ overcome with gleams'* Wine, tbo best tonio for aid people. '■ It : whettfthe*' appetite a,ttd;.aicb''dig«»tiofl J -, tauS' •idrng the bpdj where nastsfc needed,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13673, 14 February 1908, Page 5
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