Disastrous Blaze: The Post Office, the Railway Social Hall, and two five-roomed houses at Mercer were burned to the ground between 5.30 and 6 o’clock last nigh.t. The fire broke out in the Post Office and spread to the adjoining premises. 1 wo safes, containing important documents and cash were saved from the Post Office, and it is understood very little mail was lost. The furni ture from the houses was removed in time. There is no fire-fighting apparatus at Mercer, and the bucket brigade’s efforts were futile. The tact that the wind dropped at 6.1,0 saved the fire from spreading still further. Children ' litb worms restored to good healt 1 by Wade's Worm Figs ■'>afe, pleas t and reliable.*
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 3 December 1927, Page 10
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120Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 3 December 1927, Page 10
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