DESTRUCTION BY FIRE.
BOARDING HOUSE AT. MOTU.
BUILDING OF 17, ROOMS.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PEESS ASSOCIATION.] GISBORNE, Friday.
A fire at Motu destroyed a 17-roomed house, formerly a boarding house, owned by the G. R. Medhurst estate, and occupied by Mrs. Lovell. The insurance was £3OO on the building and £4OO on the furniture and effects.
STABLES AND STOREROOMS.
HORSES AWAY AT RACES.
[by TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
WELLINGTON, Friday,
Stables and storerooms at Bristol Street, Trentham, owned by Mr. H. Brown, were destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The stables were fortunately empty at the time, as Mr. Brown was at the Wanganui meeting with his two horses. The storerooms contained tools and gear used by Mr. Brown in his business as a builder. One of his carpenters lost a motor-cycle valued at £75, and: a full kit of tools. An effort was made to fight the fire before it gained full control, and water was brought from a main on the high road, but the fire was in a side street 150 yards from the main, and the only hose available was old and full of holes. In consequence not a great deal of water actually reached the fire by this means.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20490, 15 February 1930, Page 10
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