HOUSE DESTROYED
FAMILY'S HURRIED EXIT [BY TELEGRAPH —rRESS ASSOCIATION] BLENHEIM, Friday A lnrge six-roonied wooden bouse in« surcd for £6OO, situated in the outer suburb of Springlands, was destroyed by fire at three o'clock this morning. The occupants, Mr. and Mrs. 11. Beech and a young child, made a hurried exit and saved only a few articles of wealing apparel, bedding and a radio. No fire-fighting service was available, and all tho neighbours could do was form a bucket brigade and save adjacent buildings. The contents wero insured for £l2O.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23037, 14 May 1938, Page 14
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