CRIPPLE’S ESCAPE
ALONE IN BURNING HOUSE
(Per Press Associatidn- — Copyright.) ASHBURTON* July 13. Uriahlfe, through irihrnuty, to leave hie bed, an old man, named Thompson had a terrifying exjiefieriee at Hinds when his ■ spn s house was burned ■down laet night. Hfe was alone in ■ the hbuse'wkeri the fife occurred, arid his Repeated ofies for assititarice fail/ ed until' his. room waff : burning anil was full of shioke. Then Arthur Hobcl sleeping in a hut nearby, heard him, and rushed to the rescue. He was driven back several timed by thick smoke -and blistering heat. Finall entering the bedroom through a window, he was able to get the crippled man out of bed and through.the windown. It was no easy task, but Hood managed it just in time._ The. house was forty years old. It was destroyed with t’he contents. There is only a small insurance. ••:•■•
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1932, Page 6
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146CRIPPLE’S ESCAPE Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1932, Page 6
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