FIRE AT PONGAROA.
BOARDING-HOUSE DESTROYED
(Pkb Own-en Peesh Association.)
PAHIATUA, January 30. Brcnton's boarding-house at Pongaroa, consisting of 25 rooms, was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight. The fire is believed to have originated in the kitchen. There wero a good number of boarders in tli3 house. Tho proprietress was absent at Pahiatua. Tho insurances, including that on the billiard room, which was saved, total £575. The loss is heavy.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16916, 31 January 1917, Page 5
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70FIRE AT PONGAROA. Otago Daily Times, Issue 16916, 31 January 1917, Page 5
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