FIRE AT TE AWAMUTU
What might have been a disastrous fire occurred at 9.30 yesterday, when the two-storied wooden building owned by Mr. C. T, Riekit, and occupied by Messrs S. A. Ernpson, (dentist), and A. G. Warburton (printer and stationer) was gutted by fire. It appears that one the employees of Mr. C. T. Rickit was upstairs, and was handling kapok, when he trod on a match, and soon the upstair portion was well alight. A large number of residents, with buckets, were soon on the scene, and, but for their untiring efforts, the fire must most surely have spread. The stock of Mr. Warburton was removed, considerably damaged by water, Mr Empson's premises were also damaged. The upstairs portion of the building was considerably damaged by fire, but the lower part was untouched, except by water. Had the fire spread it must have destroyed the whole block. Nelson Middlebrook states that he trod on a match, which was the cause of the conflagration. He is badly burnt, and may have to be sent to the hospital.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 231, 5 February 1910, Page 5
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178FIRE AT TE AWAMUTU King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 231, 5 February 1910, Page 5
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