BOARDINGHOUSE BURNED.
NARROW ESCAPE OF INMATES. (Per United Prefee Association.) TAUMAEUNUI, July 7. T.' Beaumont’s two-storey boardinghouse at Owhango was destroyed at 3 o’clock Sunday, morning. The inmates had a narrow escape clad in their nightclothes. Some jumped from the balcony. Some women. and two children just escaped'with their lives. The building was insured for .£IOOO. The furniture was not insured. The fire started in the kitchen.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15863, 7 July 1919, Page 9
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67BOARDINGHOUSE BURNED. Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15863, 7 July 1919, Page 9
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