MAN BURNED TO DEATH.
IN BOARDING-HOUSE FIRE
Taumarunui, April 5. Albert Edward Robinson, a single man, about 45 years of age, employed as a mill hand, lost his life early this morning in a lire which occurred in Powan’s boardinghouse at Mununui. The boardinghouse, which was a large two-storied building, was well ablaze when the occupants, Mrs Rowan and three boarders —Robinson, R. Smith, and W. Simpson—first became aware of the fire at 2.30 o’clock this morning. Mrs. Rowan was sleeping upstairs, and the three boarders downstairs. Of the boarders, Robinson and Smith, rushed upstairs to get Mrs Rowan out, and Robinson had her outside the door of her bedroom when Smith arrived. Smith then took her on to the balcony and called for a ladder, which Simpson eventually brought, and Mrs Rowan, who was then in a state of collapse, was carried to safety. In the meantime, it appears, Robinson dashed downstairs, and was overcome by the smoke, for his charred remains were found this morning at the door of his bedroom, which was a front room downstairs, and only a yard or two from the front entrance.
The origin of the fire is unknown. The brigade arrived on the scene as soon as the alarm was given, but the foreman states that there was then no chance of saving anything as the whole house was a blazing inferno.
The occupants saved nothing. Mrs Rowan escaped in her nightdress, and Smith and Simpson in their trousers and shirts.
The insurances arc not available. Mr. T. Rowan, owner of the house, was away in Auckland when the fire occurred.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3019, 6 April 1926, Page 2
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269MAN BURNED TO DEATH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3019, 6 April 1926, Page 2
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