FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 650, 29 October 1909, Page 7

FIRES.

' ~ ; , ; RESIDENCE BURNED. . ID*. .Tolefiraph.'-Prcai. AiioclaLfon.l ■ / '■ Gisborne, October 28.' An eight-roomed house owned by Mr; Caldwell, and Occupied by: Mr. St. George, was-do-, str'oyed by . fire this morning. Nothing'was sored.,. Tho occupants''.barely escaped.' Insurance on. tho house, .£525 in- the ; ,State ; office; on thd.furniture, J!140 - in : the South British, HOTEL DESTROYED. • Dutiedini October 281. The Brighton Hotel, at Brighton Beach,'about 12 tniles from Dunedln, was totally'destroyed by fire, at 8.30 t o'clock this evening. It was an old wooden.building, containing'!! rooms.. The firo' was supposed to have been ; started , by_ a lieyted ctmdlo setting '! fire to. tho curtains of a bedroom upstairs.,.. The upper portion/of the building was almost, enveloped in. flames before tho owners .were .aware of the outbreak, The building and portion of the contents were orcned by Messrs. Lane and Co.', cordial manufacturers,- Dunedin,', and 'the , licensee (Mr. Charles. Cattanaoh) owned a portion of the furIt. is understood. that •• the owners are insured,'but tho amount is :not„ available, The 1 licensee, who saved some of the.furniture, had no insurance on his portion of tho contents.

tTho Minima* Hand Fire "Extinguisher is .instantaneous in notion, and Can be used by a woman, ohild, or. one-armed man.' A. 'I'. Bate, Nathan's Buildings/ Wellington, is: tho Agent. •—-AdvtJ.