FIRE AT HASTINGS.
. CHILDREN RESCUED JUST IN TIME. (By Teleeraph— Press Association.) Hastings, March 27. A five-roomed house in Lowell Street, owned by J. G. Hill and occupied by tiavin Allan, union secretary, was destroyed by fire at last evening. Owing to the absence of water supply, the fire brigade was unable to render assistance, anil everything was lost. Alt'. Allan's sons, aged five and eight years, were the only oceupanls of Ihe house at the time of the outbreak, and they had a narrow escape. A man passing nlnng mi adjacent road heard the screams of the children, and running to the burning building, was just in time to cll'ect a rescue. Mr. Allan, sonr., was attending a New Zealand Labour ]'nrty meeting, and his wife was away nursing in the country. There was n .SMO insurance 011 the furniture in the South British and a policy on the house, but particulars of the latter are not available. ' 1
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1400, 28 March 1912, Page 6
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160FIRE AT HASTINGS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1400, 28 March 1912, Page 6
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