THE HAUROTO FIRE.
THE WATCHMAN'S STORY
(Per Press Association.")
AUCKLAND, December 12. The account given tby the caretaker is to the effect that he was fishing off the stern of the Hauroto about 2 a.m. when he noticed that one of the en.Kins on the port side was Tn flames Before he cast his fishing line he had Mis, in that cabin a small lamp, whic-i v/as lighted, and which had pro'ba-My exploded or capsized. In his opinion. +'iat 'would probably he the cause of the fire The damage is estimated at £1 OQO
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 13 December 1912, Page 5
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94THE HAUROTO FIRE. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 13 December 1912, Page 5
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