FIRES
The Fire Brigade received a call" at 10 ■o clock, yesterday morning- to.. No. 10 Arthur sireot, a wood . -and iron twostory dwelling of seven -rooms,, owned cy Jiiizabeth Jane-, Amory, of No 72 Hopper street and -occupied by Andrew Thomas T!,e north-western «de. o he building was slightly damaged, but.the contents escaped untouched. lh 0 outbreak is said to have been caused by flymg sparks fr oln , a wash . house, fare. The ho i!ae wag .insured in the Alliance Office for. £850, but the contents were not covered. A. fire on the hills of Melling, Lowor Hutt, Which burnt" out several acres of scrub 11114 gorse, opcasioncd son'o alarm to resldenta of that .locality yesterday rooming. For a time.it. appeared that '\ ii'" ge SCCIIIC reservo.on. .Mr. J Mitchells property was endangered and a largo party of -fire-fighters was detailed oir the spot to keep^tlie blaze in -check, but the easterly wind blew it away from the area, and. it graduailv burnt itseh out -on the top of the scrubcovered ridge. Had the wind been blowing from the ■ ncrth-v.-cit dirnciioji, several v ;;U ;ab!e ptvperli,. 3 would have been in danger.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 18, 22 January 1924, Page 2
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192FIRES Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 18, 22 January 1924, Page 2
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