PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.
(Br Telegrapb.-SDccial Correspondent.) Palmerston, Xorember 20. A sis-roomed house at Kairanga, owned and occupied by Mr. H. Moffatt, was destroyed by fire at 5.30 this morning; When the inmates were awakened, the tire had such a hold that they onlv had time to escape in their night attire, and nothing whatever was saved. A high wind was blowing at (he time, and the flames • were spread -to (lie stable and sherls. which were also completely destroyed. The house was insured in the. Sun office for £3!10, and the contents in. the Farmers' Union office for ,£250. The stables and contents were insured for .£2O The Tiritea Water-works were visited this morning by the Mayor and borough muncillors, with a view lo inspecting the progress made with the raising of the dam from lift, to 50ft. The tunnels recently made to effect a junction with the bank were al-o inspected. The live hundred territorials who were sivorn in last week are to parade in their different commands during the present week.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19111121.2.97
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1291, 21 November 1911, Page 8
Word count
Tapeke kupu
174PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1291, 21 November 1911, Page 8
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in