DESTRUCTIVE CITY FIRE.
DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT £1200',
Shortly, before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, smoke was observed to bo issuing from the rear of Mr. H. W. 'Frost's :/residence /■ i n ' Hay Street, Oriental Bay, a substantially-built dwelling of / ' eleven /'.rooms. ■■■. The- city fire, brigade,: which received i th& !call at. 2i48 p.m., were smartly on the. scene, flames.<had- too strong a hold, and' in a' very short :tirne !.the building was in ruins. -The origin of:, the fire is a mystery. Mr. Frost, who is a wellknown dentist; was away, at Trentham at the, time, and; Air's.'- Frost had gone out for, the afternoonat-/2 o'clock, leaving a small fire burning in thekitchen grate. . Vcry little was saved from the conflagration beyond 'a- piano, some chairs, a table, and a : picture. The building was owned by, Mr.;J. W. Bridge, .formerly '.in 'partnershipwith Mr. .Frost. "/ ,::: /;/■/:-:">>/ '. The total loss is estimated some-, thing -' over: . £12C0, almost. - wholly covered, it is understood,' by icsurrjice. The furniture was: insured. for £400 in the Commercial Union. Office, while the Atlas; Company, hold a risk of £50 over tho piano. •
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 931, 26 September 1910, Page 6
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183DESTRUCTIVE CITY FIRE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 931, 26 September 1910, Page 6
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