FIRE IN A RESCUE HOME
ITS ORN'JIX A MYSTKRY. Auckland, Tuesday. Suspicious circumstances surround the origin of an outbreak of lire which occurred at noon yesterday in the Salvation Army Rescue Home, Pamcll, and the police were investigating the matter during the afternoon. Smoke rising from a portion of the roof attracted the attention of an oflicer returning from town, and when she had given the alarm flames were discovered in the attic attacking the timbers supporting the roof and threatening the walls. Energetic steps were taken to put the fire"out promptly, and fortunately damage to the extent of about £lO was the only result of the outbreak. The attic was seldom used even as a storeroom, and the officers in charge of the homo are at a loss to account, for the incident.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 292, 4 May 1911, Page 5
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134FIRE IN A RESCUE HOME Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 292, 4 May 1911, Page 5
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