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Clutha Leader, Volume V, Issue 212, 2 August 1878, Page 8

Dunedin Advertisement ... i TjWRE! EIRE! FIRE! PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE From UTTER DESTRUCTION! THE CUTTING WAREHOUSE Nearly BURNED TO THE GROUND. (' Morning Herald.' "Yesterday morning the drapery establishment of Messrs Thomson, Strang, and Co. had a narrow escape from being burned down. ?^' About six o'clock smoke was observed issuing from one of the doors wbich connect the building with Mr A. T. Dunning's establishment. Tho fire-bell of the Dunedin Brigade gave an alarm. Only a few of tlie members of the Brigade put in an appearance ; but the fire, which had originated on the floor of tho milliners' room above the warehouse, was promptly got under." GREAT CLEARING SALE Of ALL GOODS DAMAGED By SMOKE AND WATER. (' Evening Star.') " Early this morning Mr Dunning discovered that the upper part of Thomson, Strang, and Co.'s building was on fire, and he at once sounded the alarm from the tower station. It appears that the firm dismissed their porter a couple of days ago, and that since then the live ashes have been collected by the boys and by them placed in a box. Last night this was put into a fire-place which had not been in use for some years, and the ashes, burning all night, set fire to the floor of the building." WAREHOUSE IS AGAIN OPENED. GREAT SALVAGE SALE Of DRAPERY, MILLINERY, CLOTHING. (' Daily Times.') " Through some ashes having^been left over nie-ht in a wooden box, Messrs Thomson, Strang, and Co.'s premises had a narrow escape from being burnt down yesterday morning. About six o'clock a person in the employ of sMr Dunning, next door, observed smoke coming from a door communicating between the two buildings, and on further search it was found that the floor of the milliners' room was partly burnt away." BARGAINS IN THOUSAND IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. SINCE RE-OPENING, THE CUTTING WAREHOUSE HAS BEEN RUSHED. I THE SALE WILL CONTINUE TILL ALL IS CLEARED. Thomson, Strang, and Co.