OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Burning cottage, 18/12/1979

DATE1979

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P319

HISTORY

This cottage was originally the Mentiplay home in Skinner Street, Hastings. Jessie Mentiplay and her husband Alf Haddock lived in this cottage after their marriage. Jessie was born in 1882 and was eight years old when the family built this cottage in 1890. After Jessie’s mother died in the front room, Jessie and her husband only lived in the back part of the house. Jessie used to burn large logs in her kitchen fire. Alf carried fish from the Hastings Jetty to the Hastings Railway Station. Jessie had no children. This home was considered at one time by the Hastings-Western Port Historical Society as an Historical Cottage.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a burning cottage with the entire front section engulfed in flames. Firemen and other people can be seen standing on the footpath. A lot of black smoke can be seen billowing to the left-hand side of the image. A fire hose can be seen across the footpath and over the fence beside a fireman. A small tree is in front of the verandah. A post and wire fence is across the front of the cottage. Long grass is on the footpath and a car is parked on the street in the foreground.

SUBJECTS

Cottages, Fire brigades, Firefighters, Fires, Historic building, Timber houses

KEYWORDS

Haddock, Alf, Haddock, Jessie, Hastings Fire Brigade, Mentiplay, Jessie, Perrott, Albert E., Skinner Street, Hastings