FIRES.
[Pek Press Association.] HASTINGS, August 25. Rats proved directly responsible for an oaitbreak of fire in the two-storeyed residence of Mr Morris Mason. Smoke was noticed issuing from a cupboard under the stairs at eight o'clock last night, and the fire was promptly subdued. Under some lumber was discoyerod a rat's nest, in which was an ignited box of wax vestas, bearing the marks of a rat's teeth.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9323, 25 August 1908, Page 3
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69FIRES. Star (Christchurch), Issue 9323, 25 August 1908, Page 3
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