TREASURES LOST.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18479, 5 September 1925, Page 8

TREASURES LOST.

MANY HEIRLOOMS BURNED FAULTY CHIMNEY—NO WATER. • (srECUL TO "THB TKESS. ) • . WFJjLINGTON, September 4. The residence of the late Mr Martin Kennedy, in Kelburn, a fifteen-roomed house, which stood on a commanding site ami in beautiful grounds, and which was built by Mr Kennedy many years a K o, was destroyed by fire. todar. The bonse was part of the Martin* Kennedy estate and £ Captain Sommcrville, ,<>* edin, which left Auckland on for a five weeks' cruise of the Islands Mrs Somm&rvillc was having tea with friends when t-he tiro started, and only the cook and the housemaid were on the premises. -r-os/vk The house was insured for i.'oUL) ana the furniture for £I9OO. Onlv a tew tamilv portraits, and some odds and ends,' were sarcd. The Misses Kennedy. who have recently returned from England, after a tour of the Continent, heavy losers as the result of the fi rG The wholo of the family silver and prized family heirlooms, as well as the furniture in tho Early Victorian stvla, which is now valuable, have been destroyed. Captain and Mrs sommemlk> lost everything, including the captain's medals. It is stated that when the fir© occurred tbe water supply was turned off. othewisc the fire might ba-vo been pot out in its earVv stage. Apparently tbe fire arose as the result of a defective chimney.