FIRES.
(PRESS ASSOCIATION TKIJBGKAUS.) OAMARU, February 2. Adiire at 2.50 a.m. yesterday destroyed Jaoofe Lundon's store, antl Pocklingten s bootjdtop, at Duntiw/n. Raven, tsaddier. alao loet, all his ettddltra' tools. He was not inured. Lundoii was insured, stock and boiLdiag for £125, and Pocklingu>n for in the South British. It >nw difficulty that Marriet'a uhemipt'e s£op, Raynee's etore, and the National Bank, were prevented from catching, as a strong wind wae blowing. The origin of the fire k unknown. AUCKLAND, February 2. This afternoon a fire broke out in a cottage eituated at Mount Eden, occupied by Thorpe and ownecl by Smith. Sufficient pressure of water was not obtainable, anil by the time a eupply was obtainable tne fire lad spread to the adjacent dwellings owned and occupied by Moloney and Bennet respectively. All were totally deetroyed, very little of the oontente being saved. The insurances were:—Smith'e house £100, Bennefs house and piano £250, Maloney'e hooee and fumitUTe £400, all in the Kew Zealand Office. DUNEDIN, February 2. The Anderson Bay brickworks, owned by Kelly and Karte, wtre totally destroyed b> fire to-ndght. The lose is estimated at £'100. Xbe work's w< u>. injured for £1000 in the Standard Office, and partly i-e-iuijured in the National Office.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11498, 3 February 1903, Page 6
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