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ANOTHER FIRE.
OUTBEEAK IN PRINCES STREET. At five minutes to 12 last njght a fire was discovered jn a detached yaghhouse at the rear of tho Buifet, Gwnecl by Mr George Ah Chang and occupied by Mrs Rowberry. An alarm was at once given and the fire brigade, arriving very quickly on tho scone, in ton minutes had the flames under control, not, however, before the washhouse and its contents had been almost totally destroyed. The work of the brigade was good, for the seat of the fire was close (almost touching) the main building, in which beside the boardingihou.se is Me Ah Chang's store and dwelling. Mrs Morgan, who was nursing Mrs Ah Chang, was the first to see the fire. Looking through a bedroom window Bbc saw that a quantity of straw in a packing case was in full blaz3, and ao once gave the alarm. Mr All Chang was at the time away for a his wife being seriously ill, and in the excitement the sick woman, with nothing on but her nightdress, went out of the house and crossed the street to another buildi ing, where at present she lies at death's door. Mrr Rowberry was absent at the tirae of the firo, the premises being in charge of her daughter, Miss Pleiono Rowberry. This young lady says that at five minutes to 12 she hoard a crackling as of fire, and the inmates of the house were at once aroused. No fire had been used in the washhouee during the day, and how the straw in the packing case became r alight is tocher a mystery. A SQUP^maQ. s
iys someone tried his window just efore the outbreak. Others heard steps I long the right-of-way, and then somene knocked at the front door and called (i ut "Firel" Mr Ah Chang Bays etwecn eleven and twelve someone roke him up and asked him to sell some I liscuits, but he declined to do so at that I tour. The police seem to think that lerhaps Borne person, on the look-out or something to eat (for robberies of lafos have been common lately), visited c he wash-house, and after striking a natch threw it down and it set the jtraw on fire, then, knowing that if he stayed to put out the flames he might ;et into trouble, he hurried away, giving bhe alarm as he passed the front door. t As at the fire on the previous night, the first thought of the crowd was to i save property, and for this purpose a window in Ah Chang's was broken, the person who broke it being somewhat badly cut on the hand. Constable Simpson, who is in charge of the Hawera station during the absence of Sergeant Bernard, forbade any interference with the stock of the store, and with Constables Roche and Salmon saw that hie wishes were enforced. Mr Ah Chang sustained a nasty cut on the hand in breaking a window at the side of his house. The insurance on the buildings is £300 in the North German the stock of Ah Chang is insured for £200 in the Commercial Union. The loss is estimated at about £5. A quantity of soiled clothing was also destroyed. Among those who rendered good assistance at the fire were Mr Malcolm Campbell and Constable Simpson. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VX, Issue 7134, 23 February 1901, Page 2
OUTBEEAK IN PRINCES STREET. At five minutes to 12 last njght a fire was discovered jn a detached yaghhouse at the rear of tho Buifet, Gwnecl by Mr George Ah Chang and occupied by Mrs Rowberry. An alarm was at once given and the fire brigade, arriving very quickly on tho scone, in ton minutes had the flames under control, not, however, before the washhouse and its contents had been almost totally destroyed. The work of the brigade was good, for the seat of the fire was close (almost touching) the main building, in which beside the boardingihou.se is Me Ah Chang's store and dwelling. Mrs Morgan, who was nursing Mrs Ah Chang, was the first to see the fire. Looking through a bedroom window Bbc saw that a quantity of straw in a packing case was in full blaz3, and ao once gave the alarm. Mr All Chang was at the time away for a his wife being seriously ill, and in the excitement the sick woman, with nothing on but her nightdress, went out of the house and crossed the street to another buildi ing, where at present she lies at death's door. Mrr Rowberry was absent at the tirae of the firo, the premises being in charge of her daughter, Miss Pleiono Rowberry. This young lady says that at five minutes to 12 she hoard a crackling as of fire, and the inmates of the house were at once aroused. No fire had been used in the washhouee during the day, and how the straw in the packing case became r alight is tocher a mystery. A SQUP^maQ. s
iys someone tried his window just efore the outbreak. Others heard steps I long the right-of-way, and then somene knocked at the front door and called (i ut "Firel" Mr Ah Chang Bays etwecn eleven and twelve someone roke him up and asked him to sell some I liscuits, but he declined to do so at that I tour. The police seem to think that lerhaps Borne person, on the look-out or something to eat (for robberies of lafos have been common lately), visited c he wash-house, and after striking a natch threw it down and it set the jtraw on fire, then, knowing that if he stayed to put out the flames he might ;et into trouble, he hurried away, giving bhe alarm as he passed the front door. t As at the fire on the previous night, the first thought of the crowd was to i save property, and for this purpose a window in Ah Chang's was broken, the person who broke it being somewhat badly cut on the hand. Constable Simpson, who is in charge of the Hawera station during the absence of Sergeant Bernard, forbade any interference with the stock of the store, and with Constables Roche and Salmon saw that hie wishes were enforced. Mr Ah Chang sustained a nasty cut on the hand in breaking a window at the side of his house. The insurance on the buildings is £300 in the North German the stock of Ah Chang is insured for £200 in the Commercial Union. The loss is estimated at about £5. A quantity of soiled clothing was also destroyed. Among those who rendered good assistance at the fire were Mr Malcolm Campbell and Constable Simpson. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VX, Issue 7134, 23 February 1901, Page 2
