FIRE AT BOVEY TRACEY: COTTAGE AND CONTENTS DESTROYED: About six o’clock Sunday evening a thatched cottage at Bera, on the estate of Mr. W. R. Hole, was discovered to be on fire. It was in the occupation of a farm hand named Tremlettt. The flames spread so rapidly that Mrs. Tremlett found it impossible to go upstairs to save anything, and, in fact, very few things could be saved from the downstairs rooms. Bovey Fire Brigade was summoned and soon attended, with Mr. Mardon in charge, but the flames had made such headway that little could be done beside saving the outbuildings close by. Mrs. Tremlett was so frightened that she became ill and had to be removed in a vehicle to Whitestone, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Pinsent who showed her and her five children every hospitality. [Premises insured against fire on best terms by the Royal Exchange Assurance Company (A.D. 1720), 41, Corn-st., Bristol, or Local Agents. Claims paid exceed £40,500,000. Advt.]
[see also Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Friday 18th July 1902]
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Referenced
GRO0419 Hennock: Henry James Pinsent: 1872 – 1927
GRO0652 Hennock: Mary Langmead: 1842 – 1909