HOUSE ON FIRE
PARROT GIVES WARNING (Per Press Association.) ’ AUCKLAND, last night. The screams of her pet parrot warned Mrs. D. F. fltmpsofi, of Alfriston, that her hot||fcvas on fire. Mrs. Simpson was asleep flmen she was awakened by the frightened screams of the parrot, which was in a cage in her bedroom. “Be quiet!” admonished Mrs. Simpson, but the bird was so persistent that she got up to investigate. She found the adjoining sitting room in flames. The dwelling, which was of five rooms and built of kauri, was quickly destroyed, in spite of the efforts of several neighbors.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18499, 11 September 1934, Page 9
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100HOUSE ON FIRE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18499, 11 September 1934, Page 9
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