Fire at Henui.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11850, 23 December 1901, Page 2

Fire at Henui.

< KATE-MAJOR BROWN'S RSSI-. ,i . ..DENPE DE^T^tOyißD. , ,

After a long period . of quietude from 'serious fires the public /were aroused irom their slumbers at 3.15 ,on ,Sunday" r morning, to witness one... 'I he out break proved "to be in the residence of* the late Major Brown yitua^ed n.ear the m,qus\ <? t i \he Henui stream.' "There Scarcely any ivjn'rt b^owifi^K t»"t the flames, fed by the old and inflammable nature of -tho« timbers, spread rapidly, and within an hour tit© place, was tourney, to the ground. Mrs Brown and family vacated the place about noon on Saturday, and tho house was unoccupied at the* time of tho lire, the now owners, Messrs T. S-. . Weston and F. Thomson, not having placedanyone in charge. Those who got on \A\c scone first state that the fire had a firm hold on the building, the structure being on firo from end to end. The Fire Brigade, under Capt. Uellringer, ran out a couplei of leads of hose and played on the flames, which had, however, by that time demolished the building. There ' was nothing of value loft in the building, as Mrs Brown had removed all her furniture. The origin of the fire, if, unknown. On Saturday uvening ' about six o'clock Messrs Thomson and Biitterworth had a look through the premises, ■ and everything appeared all right. In a fireplace there were some smouldering embers. of papers which had evidently been "burned tKkt day) ' but they *<ljd no v t anticipate any danger from. "that quarter. It has been s uggested * that l these embers may have been scattered about by rats, which, it is stated, were pretty numerous in ttfe locality. , ' Sergeant Haddrell and a couple 'of constables were at the flro, and sub/, soquently the Sergeant .nw\o yjiquifies into the outibrealf. The building was insurdd for £200 in the South British office. The late Major Brown had a policy of £400, bu^ when the place was vacated on Saturday the agent declined to renew to the new owners the fu.ty «,- mount, but agreed to' the risk. '' ' TKe' house and grounds, gome nine acres, werjo -sold to -Messrs T. :S. Weston ans P. Thomson about two months ago for £1550. An enquiry intq thtj efreumstances surrounding the fire ' \^HJ be hcl,d ; aftef the, holidays; fty'O qver» A SPRAINED ANKLE? QUJQEskY OUREU.

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