FIRE AT WANGANUI.
Cloths hanging on a- door oil the inside being pushed on to a candle was responsible for a seven-roomed house, situated in Durie Street, Dune Hill, being badly damaged by fire during the week-end. By the time the Wanganui Fire Brigade arrived the blaze had. a strong hold. The firemen managed to save the rear portion of the building, which however, suffered from smoke and water.
The house itself was insured, hut not the contents. It is owned by r Mr Woods, and occupied by dir and Mrs A. C. Dickie, and a family of five. William Dickie, aged 19 years, cut an arm badly when getting out of a window, and had to be taken to the Public Hospital It was re-
ported to-day that his condition was satisfactory.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12429, 23 August 1933, Page 2
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133FIRE AT WANGANUI. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12429, 23 August 1933, Page 2
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