SPECTACULAR NIGHT FIRE
Press Association)
Communal Housing Settlement Destroyed
(Per
MASTERTON, May 2. Fanned by a southerly breeze, fire last niglit swept tbrough the modern communal ■ housmg ment recently built at Rorn&bnsh ahd provided pne pf the most speg-5 tapulau'blazes yet seen in the 'district. The settlement was- destroyed. •, V' " J - Mr. David Ross, a ihQtpr mech-' anic, married with four children, iost nearly all his possessions in the fire. Two Maoris also lps.t their possessions. Built about nine months ago, the settlement , provided' accpmmoda^ tion for 18 people', it was the most mpdern of its" kind and included dqubleeunits for married workers and single units for single workers. The building was insured for £1600,' 'out the loss is much heavier. " — U'SK'l
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 May 1949, Page 5
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122SPECTACULAR NIGHT FIRE Chronicle (Levin), 2 May 1949, Page 5
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