FIRES.
DESTROYED. - '' , IPtro which bjroko out shortly after 2 Wk. yesterday destroyed a new fourr6omed house at 1? Sta#otd Riocarton, owned nad otatyjid, by Mr R. G. Newberry. The, Work of *he Phristchurch Brigade was hampered > By the absence of water, the nearest .adequate supply of which Vas a quarter or a mile away, and little cpnfd'.be 'done'to save the house. Some of jtfta'furniture vi re ™°Y ed », aleoja;TOotor-car. i. he Brigade's chemical extinguisher was used to keep' the, flames. from a i'vi 1 "® adjacent to the" boutfe, and taus stop'the spread .of the fire to the house next door, «; task would *£d &ng t;had theF6 been a house was insureajfar £BB6 and bSIXSI f
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20176, 3 March 1931, Page 13
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115FIRES. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20176, 3 March 1931, Page 13
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