FIRE AT GORE
DOCTOR'S ROOMS GUTTED MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS HEARD [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION*] INVERCARGILL, Thursday ■ Two rooms used by Dr. J. M. Watters as a waiting room and surgery in a two-storeyed brick building in Ashton Street, Gore, were gutted by fire tonight. Books and papers in the doctor's desk were charred, but a number were recovered in a damaged condition just before a lead of water was turned on to the fire. Muffled explosions, believed to havo been caused by the burning of chemicals, were heard. Flames swept out of the front entrance and two firemen had a narrow escape. Dr. Watters estimated that his loss would be substantial. The cause of the fire is unknown.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22675, 12 March 1937, Page 12
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