FIRE AT EASTBOURNE.
T]!!,’!■:U HOUSE'S DESTROY Hi). ,'Pcr Press Association.! WKUaNCTOX. tliis day. Tlit' worst lire in the history of the popular linrhnr siiliiirli. Eastbourne, mtim'd oariv this moraine;', when liner Wooden dwellings ('two almost now t wore I.Hint to the ground, before a large assemblage of people uttal>le to do more than watch the ninz.c and deplore Flic absence oi an adequate water supply, the only w:,iter avaimido being front tanks. The local volunteer brigade uses cliemicals ami liuckets, Iml it was helpless in face of the lire, which had a good hold on one house and quickly spread to the others. The first house was owned by Miss A!e(iill and occupied i>y Eascelles; the second was owned by the (’tides Estate; the third owned and occupied by \Y. Farmey. Nothing was saved but easily portable personal eltVeis.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17079, 7 July 1926, Page 11
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139FIRE AT EASTBOURNE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17079, 7 July 1926, Page 11
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