FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 727, 28 January 1910, Page 8

FIRES.

' C'V ; SCHOOL BURNT. . : . (By'',Telegraph.-Press. Association/ . u,v * Auckland, January 27. .'. lie Whangape.Native School;: built six months; ago, :was. destroyed * "by fire last night. 'Incendiarism :is suspected; : VALUABLE HORSES DESTROYED. ' • Simnltaneoasly at'2.l6 yesterday morning the Fire Brigade received two calls,' ■ °»°. *° 3 0, Hopper Street and the other to 28 ■ Herald Street, Berhampo're. The former outbreak' took place in"'-a two-storied wooden building at the back of a shop, and upstairs { dwelling frontinK the ;street. to ;H. Hanson, plumber, occupied the top floor of the backyard a "workshop, and. Messrs. C. and A. .Odlin'used this space'underneath, as' a. ttable. On the " arrival of the' brigade'the. flames had secured a finn hold' of the premises, and. four, valuable'horsea were burned to death, two of them, a parr of greys, being valued at over rhe building was gutted. A larg& quantity of harness , was burnt, and of two drays .one was damaged .beyond repair, and. ,thc other severely charged. ' Mr. Hanson's workshop, containing tools, - etc., was destroyed. The contents were uninsured. Those ,of Messrs. Odlin in the ■underneath, part, of .'the building were also without insurance. The .building, which, was owned by Messrs.* Odlin, was insured for' jeiOOnn the Alliance office Mr. Hanson estimates his loss at The fire at Berhampore • was ■ attended by - the ; .Newtown, branch of the brigade. The conflagration •oo •curred in a sis-roomed wooden building occupied and owned by Mr. James Saunders. Before' the flames were'suppressed severe damage was done to ■ the kitchen, scullery, bathroom, and dining-room, while the front portion' of. the' house suffered by heat, smoke, and water.' The dwelling was insured . in' the Phoenix office for JMflO/and tho furniture for .£250 in the.Manchester office. ' , (The WinimaT Hand Fire Extinguisher is simple) effective, economical, and durable. A. T. Bate, Nathan's Buildings, Wellington; is the agent.]