MAYOR’S HOUSE BURNED
FIRE AT PAHIATUA OWNER AT PLUNKET BALL Press Association PAHIATUA, Today. A seven-roomed house, owned and occupied by Mr. J. D. Wilson, Mayor of Pahiatua, with its contents, was destroyed by fire at 10 o’clock last evening. There was an insurance of £750 on the house and on the furniture of £230 in the State Office. Mr. Wilson had many valuable belongings and is a heavy loser. The residents were absent at the time at a Plunket annual ball, and the place was soon enveloped in flames. It. appeared to have originated in the kitchen. Nothing was saved owing to poor water-pressure. The crowd of spectators included many in ballroom attire.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 749, 23 August 1929, Page 11
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114MAYOR’S HOUSE BURNED Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 749, 23 August 1929, Page 11
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