SERIOUS FIRE AT ROTORUA
ONE MAN KILLED AND TWO
OTHERS INJURED
ROTORUA, December 28. A fire broke out last night in Goodson Bros.' goodished. A number of horses in the stalls unlerneath were svpposed! to have been taken out, but one was found badly burned about the face, and another, left throughout the fire, was uninjured. Two firemen and a stranger got on the roof of a lean-to, which fell in. The stranger, named Grierson, broke his neck and the fireman (Chilton) had his leg broken and sustained internal injuries. Another fireman, named Leach also sustained internal injuries. No one had been in the building since Saturday. The Goodsons atre heavy loo&ers, as a large quantity of goods were stored in the building.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12405, 29 December 1909, Page 7
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123SERIOUS FIRE AT ROTORUA Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12405, 29 December 1909, Page 7
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