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FIRE IN BOARDING HOUSE .OCCUPANTS’ HURRIED ESCAPE. (By Telegraph—Press Association) DUNEDIN. Thursday The crying of a baby when a 10roomeit boardinghouse at Milton was burning furiously awoke the parents and a boarder just in time. They were Mr and Mrs Julian and Mr J. Busse.'l. Another spectacular aspect about the fire, which completely razed the house, was that the flames spread to the next house occupied by Mrs M. Dale, who had been an invalid for three months. She had to be carried to safety. It was fortunate the baby’s cry awoke the residents, for they were out just, in time. The borough water supply prove ! inadequate, but the Bruce Woollen Mill's electric pump was brought into commission, and probably saved Mrs Dale's bouse from complete destruc-
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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20690, 28 December 1938, Page 7
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