Fire Near Bovey Tracey: About six o’clock on Sunday evening a thatched cottage at Beina, the estate of Mr. W. R Hole, about a mile from Bovey Tracey, outbreak of fire occurred. The tenant was Mr. Tremlett, a farm labourer, in the employ of Mr. Pinsent. Mrs. Tremlett stated that the flames spread so rapidly that it was impossible to go upstairs to save anything, and that very few articles’ downstairs could be removed. Mr. Tremlett and another man, a lodger, were away at the time. Bovey Tracey Fire Brigade promptly responded to the call, but on their arrival the cottage was in flames throughout, and all that could be done was to save the outbuildings. Mrs. Tremlett. suffering greatly from shock, was kindly removed by Mr. and Mrs. Pinsent in a trap to Whitstone, where the burnt out family, including five children are at present being cared for. The loss to the Trembletts is great, as their furniture was not insured.
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GRO0419 Hennock: Henry James Pinsent: 1872 – 1927
GRO0652 Hennock: Mary Langmead: 1842 – 1909