CHRISTCHURCH.
(Per Press Telegram Agency.) Yesterday. A n Fire Promptly Extinguished. A fire occurred at the shop of Mr Fisher, grocer, at three o'clock this morning. The Fire Brigade turned out very promptly, and the doors being kept closed till the engines got to work, the fire was extinguished before it gained much hold. One steam machine was working 12 minutes after the alarm and the other in 15 minutes. The damage was £100 to stock and fixtures, which were insured in the National for £700 and in the New Zealand for £300. It is supposed the fire originated from matches being gnawed by mice or rats. The Waimate The New Zealand Shipping Company have received information that the ship Waimate arrived at London on July 10, after a passage of 85 days.
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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1700, 30 July 1875, Page 3
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