DESTRUCTION BY FIRE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20254, 14 May 1929, Page 8

DESTRUCTION BY FIRE.

HOUSE BURNED IN STORM. CLOSE CALL FOR FAMILY. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] KAITAIA, Monday. Roused by the choking cries of their youngest child, Mr. and Mrs. Goodhew, who occupied a four-room,ed dwelling at Ahipara, awoke last night to find their bedroom filled with dense volumes of smoke. Mr. Goodhew, who is a onelegged man, had to adjust a wooden limb ere he was able to lend assistance to his family.

In the meantime Mrs. Goodhew hurried the children from the burning building, the flames from which roared to a great height owing to the wind that was raging. Once clear of the burning mass parents and children sheltered from the storm in an adjacent building, but they had only their night clothes to protect them from the elements. Assistance was at once proffered when their plight became known.

The building was of wood, and was destroyed at an amazing rate. Everything, including the furniture, was lost; The building was owned by Mr. J. N. Berghan, of Ahipara, and was insured in the Atlas Office. AUCKLAND OUTBREAKS. MINOR DAMAGE CAUSED. Minor damage resulted from a fire which broke out at 9.45 a.m. yesterday in the house of Mr. R. F. Burt, of 59, Kitchener Road, Milford. The flames spread from an attached wash-house to the rafters, but were quickly extinguished by the Takapuna Fire Brigade. The city brigade received a call at five o'clock last evening to the Pukemiro coalyards in Eden Terrace, where an outbreak had occurred in a stack of timber next to the railway line. Little damage was done.

FARM DWELLING BURNED. OCCUPIERS ABSENT AT TIME. [BY telegraph.—press association.] HAWERA, Monday. A six-roomed farm dwelling occupied by Mr. Cecil H. Arden and family, near Normanby, was destroyed by fire, which was discovered while the family was absent in Hawera, early on Saturday afternoon. The contents also were destroyed. Tho insurance on the house and furniture was £970.