Fatal Fire.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 89, 18 March 1885, Page 3

Fatal Fire.

jj; TWO'€HIEDREN BURNED TO J HEROIC CONDUCT OF A YOUTH, | Mia press; Association.) . J *', ,' y . F 'AucKt AND, March 16. ;i j^arta©»larß ite.lhe bumiiig of 'the i:T«wahere Hotel shows that Cunp, the ' pttblican^ was^rouaedJby two men, who -were riding past when he was awakened. He at once, made for the staircase, but ■ wh^tihyf Way down he was driven back ,^y the flames and smoke, and waking 'jtip.'iiis eldes); son Hajrry, a lad about 16, •'.^of^'lliin, tq t'ly^'apd". his brothers. '^4wn!hii|iß9lfrjgpi.6,ut'-'bf.' one of the ifront wlnuowjs, <; piambered along the /parapet, tnd let himsftlf dpwn by the. »l»mptover th» Atiorj.'i They then got a 'llddfef used' for ■<■ lighting the • lamp and 'iitutit'td Ittrß lamp's window, and! had < grVat :t ifooDie i ih getting her new born baby but of the window, also four little .children, BJeantime, Harry Camp got "ioja of ,one aE $te DVothers (Willie) and ' carried hiiri to escape by the staircase, .which runs up the back of the house. There he met a nian» who took the child frbmhim. Hariry then faced the; fire, / and tried to go. back and savq his bro- ; others, Edward (aged four years) and ',«nd Albert* (aged eleven). The flames undsratoke beat- him hack, and, sweeping over him, forced him to jump through the flames by a. window 1 at the back, lie wasjvery severely burned about the ; fhead aud chest, and 'one, of his arms ,%oken. jSe powjies .«t.'Mf! Armstrong's 'house m a precarious condition, attended ;by DrCushney. The boys, Edward and .Albert, were both 1 lost m tho fl.ab^s;; "Willie Camp was also severely- burned*, rbut 19 m no danger. It is supposed the tfire was caused through ashes blowing tender tiie hotel from an ash pit. Camp > ilhas lost ' every penny^./fthe insurapce .Ibeing m favor of (i building society.