BUTCHER'S SHOP GUTTED.
OWNER HURT IX ESCAPING. ; ,'HV TF.r.EORArH. — IT.ESS association.] < i HIKURAXGI. Saturday. ' i A tire occurred at midnight in the shop | and dwelling of Mr. T. Macfarlane, I • butcher, in the business part of the town, | opposite the Hikuramii Hotel. It might' , have spread, only for the prompt arrival . of a volunteer lire brigade, whose efforts ' j confined .the flames to part of the dwelling ] and shop, which was completely gutted. The premies were insured in the South . British Office, hut the occupants are . heavy losers. Saturday supplies, ready ' for delivery, were c -mpletely ruined. Mr. Macfarlane, who was asleep when . the fire broke out, had to force his way! ] out by breaking a window, and sustained severe cuts or, one arm, necessitating , surgical attention. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16920, 5 August 1918, Page 4
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