FIRE.
[by telegraph]
Wellington, To-day. A fire broke out at the Corporation’s Asphalt Works io Courtenay Place this morning resulting in the gutting of the building in which the concrete blocks are made. The fire originated through some tar boiling over. The building was insured, but the amount is not known. Later. The Corporation Buildings were insured for L 320 in the Colonial Office, that amount being re-insured in equal amounts among the various insurance companies in Wellington. The damage is estimated at LSO. This is the third or fourth time the building has been on fire.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1071, 11 October 1883, Page 2
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97FIRE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1071, 11 October 1883, Page 2
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