FATAL FIRE.
BRICKLAYER BURNT TO DEATH
By Telegraph.—Press' As«ociati«*. Christchurch, Last Night,
At a fire which occurred in a fourroomed dwelling in Alexandra street, Richmond, this morning, Hie owner and occupier of the premises, Mr. D. Buckett, fifty years of age, a bricklayer and plasterer, was burned tn death.
Mr Buckett's wife and family are at present away in the North Island, and the neighbours were unaware that the house was occupied, assuming that Buckett was out of town •on a nhooting expedition. Apparently no one observed the ■fire until the building was a mass of flames. It was only when the fire brigade were turning over the debris after the fire toad been got under that a fireman came upon Buckett's charred remains. The brigade received an alarm from the Telephone Exchange at 3.15 a.m., but the building was beyond salvation when they arrived.
The building and contents are injured in the London and Liverpool and Globe offices, but the amount is unascertainable.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 360, 11 April 1910, Page 5
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164FATAL FIRE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 360, 11 April 1910, Page 5
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