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Escape From Fire.(K Saturday morning there happened u foi tuiiHu1 and narrow est'tipe from wlmi might have proved a disuatroim conllngntion, which was discovered in somewhat more ihnn an incipient Hinge. It appears that Miss inn O'Keefe, eldest daughter of Mrs. O'Keefe, liccUM'o of the Court House Hotel, Adtdoilg, had left her bedroom lillt a quarter of an hour, when one of the kuemberH of the household, with a 1 keener .sense of suit'll than the others, asserted that something was horning. I pon the scent Wing followed up, ii very • | nick I v became only too evident that such was the cum*, for smoke was observed to W issuing from the Ihlt;lt;1 room in question. Miss Kate Q' Keefe opened the door and entered the which was filledI w ith smoke, and the young holy lmd to be palled into the passage, us ho denstj | was the atmosphere that she was unable readily to make her egress. All nvaihihli assistance was p-ocured, and the tile r-ainlvied just as r hud got be-i.nd -iiioii *leriug stage. fortunately, the bedroom window was -hut, or the entiio room, if not the whole building, might hint* been at the mercy of tho Haines ere discovery was made. Vet another fortuitous circumstance occurred in i)ilt; hici that Miss O'Keefe hud depui ted from her usual custom, hy leas ing tic key ill the door, instead of taking it with her: otherwise delay would have arisen in gutting at. the so m nt the tire. The bi dding and •Irapi ries were damaged, as well as much wearing apparel. It is con-jectariil il.it indents may have caused the nut bn uk in nibbling mutches, iis Ilii'ie me evidences nt the existence' nf these pe»ts on the premises. Wo congriuulati Mrs. lt;» Keefe and family upon I hen* prov idelitial escape from whnt might have proud a disastrous lire.
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Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post
Adelong, New South Wales, AU
Tue, Mar 19, 1901
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