LARGE HOUSE DESTROYED
CHRISTCHURCH BLAZE TENANT’S HEAVY LOSS (Per Press Association.) ' CIIRISTOHURGIf, this day. _ A spectacular lire ,at Belfast this morning destroyed a 24-roomed boarding house in Bedford street, owned by the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company, and tenanted by Mr M. Sproit. The seven occupants were wakened by smoke, found the-house well ablaze, and made a hurried escape partly dressed. The fire brigade found it impossible to save anything. 'The flames were first noticed by men returning from a dance. The building was insured for £2OOO in the Alliance Assurance office, but the furniture was not covered, and Mr Sprott is a heavy loser.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18526, 12 October 1934, Page 13
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