Article: Thatch roof fire destroys luxury bush lodge.(News)

Article: Fire crews tackle thatch roof blaze.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  May 30, 2007 ;     301 words ...A THATCH roof on fire took eight crews from across Warwickshire to bring under control. Fire crews from Shipston, Chipping Norton and Stratford ...

Article: Laotians thatch roof to buffer conference venue ...
AP Worldstream;  July 24, 2005 ;     362 words ...AP Worldstream 07-24-2005 Dateline: VIENTIANE, Laos Planners in impoverished Laos needed a fix for the cacophony of rain pelting the metal roof of their conference venue. They resorted to the ancient art of grass thatching. The building in the Laotian capital looks like a converted airplane hanger

Article: Garden views. (thatch-roof cottage in southwest ...
Country Living;  May 1, 1998 ;     579 words ...A young couple uses nature's colors and materials to revitalize a thatched-roof cottage and the land that surrounds it The first time floral designer Marcel Wolterinck and his wife, Anja, saw this 1920s brick cottage in southwest Holland, they fell in love with its traditional thatched roof, breezy

Article: PEGGY, 79, KILLED BY HER THATCH ROOF IN BLAZE; ...
The Mirror (London, England);  February 5, 2004 ;     582 words ...Byline: DECLAN FAHY and DECLAN VARLEY AN elderly woman was killed yesterday when her thatched cottage's roof collapsed in flames. Family members watched in horror as Peggy Gill, 79, was trapped by the blaze ripping through their home. Her husband Christopher, twin sister Betty and daughter Amanda

Article: Club in appeal to repair thatch roof ; With its ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  June 17, 2009 ;     561 words ...With its stunning sea views and 19th century pavilion, Sidmouth Cricket Club is the first-choice location for hundreds of touring sides. World-class batsman Viv Richards and Sir Jack Hobbs have played there and it boasts the formation of Somerset County Cricket Club among its achievements. Now

Article: Elephant victim sues bush lodge
Evening Standard - London;  February 8, 2007 ;     239 words ...A BRITISH woman trampled and left for dead by an elephant in the Kenyan bush is suing Il Ngwesi lodge, owned by a friend of Prince William, for Pounds 800,000 for failing to warn her of the danger of wild animals. Wendy Martin, 46, of Godalming, suffered a crushed pelvis and gored kidney.

Article: Straw polls put thatch top of the country pile.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... appeal. There are only about 50,000 thatch roof homes in Britain, according to the ... this fear is generally unfounded, if a thatch roof does catch light the destruction can ... redoing every 10-15 years. Replacing a thatch roof on a typical three bedroom cottage costs ...