FIRE AT MAKAURI.
About 10.3* thills -morning MV wt c 4 Bolton's residence at MakaurUwds Totally destroyed by 4% There^s no one m the house at the time.wften it was noticed that the interior^ of a chimney was on fire. Only a small ;fir e had been •eft m thegi-at*, «na-tlvis.^Wast have blazed up. The chimney wal> said to be defective^nd the flamesHsproad under the iroj^ anC bnrn^-; fiercely, quickly demolished' the wfcmTstructure j i a^ lb es of bedding, sofljfe pictures, and clothes were all that %fe rescued The house, whiph. .cpritffid . .se.veji rooms, was about 12 years bid, and Was insured foi!*.£3oo, wliile theve was £150 on the. ftt^iiture, Wli pdU^^ bcW held' b.y fhe'- Commercial Union Insurance Company. Mr.. and Mrs tioltonare heavy losers, as the insurance do^sf'nofc nearly cover the many valued arficlea destroyed. - i
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13263, 23 December 1913, Page 2
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139FIRE AT MAKAURI. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13263, 23 December 1913, Page 2
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