TEAROOM DAMAGED BY FIRE
The City Fire Brigade was called at 2.30 a.m. on Saturday to the Brown Owl tearoom in Esk street where a fire had broken out in the bakehouse in the reax- part of the premises. A member of the staff of the Chief Post Office, who was going off duty, saw the flames and telephoned the brigade. By this time the fire was through the roof but the brigade quickly got it undex- control. A fair amount of damage was done to the interior and quantites of butter and pastry were destroyed. It is thought that the fire was caused by a backdraught from an overt
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Southland Times, Issue 24872, 12 October 1942, Page 4
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110TEAROOM DAMAGED BY FIRE Southland Times, Issue 24872, 12 October 1942, Page 4
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