FATAL FIRE IN CITY.
AGED WOMAN'S FATE.
BEDROOM IN FLAMES.
HOBSON STREET COTTAGE.
A fire, with fatal results, occurred m j a block of wooden buildings near the corner of Hobson and Victoria Streets, at about 9 p.in. yesterday. The was Mrs. S. A. Clark; aged 74, who ■» stated to have been also known as Mrs. Sara Fir® Brigade received a call at 8.45 p.m., and on arrival found « the Are had a good hold on a three roomed cottage at No 73, Hobson Stree., situated near the centre of the bio . Mrs. Clark was discovered on the floor of the front bedroom. She had - dently been lying in bed with th candle alight, when by some means the wall caught fire, and the flames spread to the b °Thfambulance was summoned, and the at the institution. . . ~ , sueceSed i«r«rSer hack room was not smomly ' itamagrf. office. —
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18333, 24 February 1923, Page 8
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