BUCKET BRIGADE SAVES TOURIST HOUSE.
• AUCKLAND, Dec. 29. Holiday- rnakers gaved the historic Whatipu Lodge at North Manukau Heads from probable destruction by .a fire which started in the laundry. The flames were 30 feet high bescre guests from the breakfast table couia get into actxon. A bucket brigade on the roof, passing water from the tann, was unable to control the fire. Twentytwo picnickers arrived opportuneiy from Swanson and organised another bucket brigade from the Whatipu Stream, while others with oars demoiished the laundry wall to make a firebreak. The laundry and two bathrooms were destroyed, but four buildings were saved. Whatipu Lodgc, once a shipping signal station, is owned by the Auckland Harbour Board and leasea as a tourist house. Insurances are £501) on the buildings and £1500 on tlie contents.
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Chronicle (Levin), 30 December 1949, Page 6
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