FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE.
RESIDENCE AT BIRKENHEAD. Fire destroyed a five-roomed wooden house in Glenfield Road, Birkenhead, early yesterday morning, none of the furniture being saved. The house was owned by Mr. G. Long, of Papatoetoe, and occupied by Mr. D. Edwards, who was away on holiday at the time of the outbreak. The, Northcote Fire Brigade was summoned, but although residents had a lead of hose playing on the fire prior to the arrival of the brigade, the flames spread so rapidly that the house could not be saved. The adjoining residence, owned by Mrs. Little, vras saved.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19917, 10 April 1928, Page 11
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