CARTERTON
: . Tho-firebeii .aroused :the residents of the town at aii : .early. ; .,h<rur 'on Monday":morning,'..the butbreak'beingin a. two-storied wooden building "in.'High-Street,- ownedt'by-.Mrs.' '.H. Gailister'and occupied by Mr. C. H. Giles as a fish ,shop,ahd'refreshment'-room.; AVheu-discovered, .'the-.fir.e 'had fa good hold.'and ior .-a time the ■work" of ';the. brigade, was hampsied 6oniewhat with;a"'lbw pressure, but.when .the side mains were shut o& ithreo good jets' were available.Vln ' tho'; manual engine did good work at. .the town' well.". .The building; which was built of heart of totara, was completely, gutted, only a' ehelUremaining. -.'The. fanlight /arid curtain in : tho premises of tho brick building occupied by :6. J. S. Pepper were afiected : by the heat, but were noticed before any, serious "damage - resulted.'. There" is 'an ■ insurance ,of £250: on "the building in the" Alliinoe Office,' and.BlOObh the contents in the Norwich TJnibn 'Office.■;.'•'.■■'.".■•■.-"'■.■:■ •■■:;:<S ■" '■■■*:■': ,:•■-;;■•-■■:..:,:.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 695, 21 December 1909, Page 8
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141CARTERTON Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 695, 21 December 1909, Page 8
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