FATAL FIRE.
f? { ) YoungWaiißurnt. ; ; ; , ! Strange" Conduct of |Flre Bri- ■■■■'•':" r' X \ '.■■:... : .!5^ B * ".''.'" "/,'" "'■. ! ti.-.;:i -o-n. 'f (ja^TJ&i-EQ^n.) ' / . '[[ j otilt f^irtiED-raESs'ASSociATioi?.) ';.: ' • Q-iiniit I JM-. <- AtjcklanD, This Day. ji eye "early 4his ; morning ■ifti i 1 m<i itor^f ; bu'ildiiig" iWParne^l. i £o)ttfe lower portion j was 5 occupied : by* U iVoot maKe^ and the"tlpper : portion ;as| :* J^^dingt^ptiseJ'i'The fii 6 spread ! 'wit'h- great rapidityf the building being ! ; wb6d/but : r a3l°inmate^ except U^btirig ; inatf TaamM J 3SLich?iel Hogan 1 "succeeded '•m; es6apirig: 'Danijßl ; j'R^evy' ; aiioiher ; "boarder states- heSviis awatened by; tHe ! '*<h i ie'r i &f- ! fi^e iand;junipi'ng •.' 6u.t of bed ■ .'dpeiied theVfoor turn ' encountered such 'suffbcUiitfg 'clbuds, of ; smoke °that ; He was obliged jto 'retreat; He heard sfiogUn wmiioefcupitidah adjoining rbom call out, but was imable to render 'feiy Jaid. ;i^H# djJiAron- r : was; 1 tiki 1 iH.^ntf&fttfnate' ydtfn^ T roSt^ r lost; fiiS preSeriqfc <bfc mind iarid ■' iriste^'df attempting s to get out at the window strove to make •fcfe Wj dirwn 1 stairs and was sunx)cated by"6miokel '^Jft'evj' tied a blatfkfet *o"tHe y -bedp6Bt atnd thuV reached th^ Btreftt* After the -"fife was partially got tnider the 'skeleton of a .man horribly ■burned'wSs found amidst the .burning debiis'^atfd' ' there ii little /reasofr *to doubt stbafr^ Hpgari.' Whetl tlie'Tlire BHgkde arVivedHhV superintendent ltifasßd'>;tt)f < interfere," alleging, that 'his Oiidera iWet^; Ino1 not Ul t6 : "acfc : beyond the' limits of : tlie' city ! on ;y account of thej action Insurance Cdmpanies refusing to make any Contribution to' the expenses atii\& brigade- wiie'n working at a late fire-ai»jMoUnt^deh ; which was also sb&ydnd 1 : tioi& l ciUv ' limits, ' He expressed W^willin^ness togive the Salvage Corps A was y in his* power to. take Bte^Bifor^ppressin|j the fire. He also 1 allowed the use of t the brigade pump. Tfie fire'^tead'iup/ * theV street to '.Mis J|tbvi€t*^ houße^ which was speedily .diestfoyed, 'and Neill's housed aajoining gutted; 'Slater's; residence' below' -Jho,, boftrd^'ng house was a1s l d' ; gu3iieu; : .QDbejtottti -damage is f stated fcd'be£lso.o. ; japga^airi^fsji hfi?e m the'l)oVio:ahd .^as em^loj^d atithe ; gas* worts. v '[ '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 75, 27 February 1884, Page 3
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334FATAL FIRE. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 75, 27 February 1884, Page 3
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