COTTAGE RAZED
Cripple Loses His Life (N.Z.P.A.) AUCKLAND, July 2. An elderly one-legged invalid lost his life when fire gutted a small wooden cottage at the centre of Freemen's Bay late on Saturday. He was Thomas Kelvin Robert Powley, aged 69, retired driver. Powley, who had been bedridden ever since he lost his leg three years ago, resided with his brother and his wife. Mr and Mrs Frank Powley, who rented the cottage. The building was a very old one. Deceased was alone in the house when the fire began. Mrs Powley left to go on a small errand and when she returned, half an hour later, she found smoke billowing from the windows and flames pouring from tlie back door. Neighbours had forcibly to restrain Mrs Powley from entering the house in an attempt to extricate her brother-in-law. whom she had left in bed in his room just off the kitchen.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVI, Issue 22934, 3 July 1944, Page 4
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152COTTAGE RAZED Timaru Herald, Volume CLVI, Issue 22934, 3 July 1944, Page 4
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