BURNT OUT AGAIN!

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1655, 23 January 1913, Page 5

BURNT OUT AGAIN!

CAMBRIDGE FIRE. ■ SAfdE PEOPLE SUFFER LOSS, (By Telegraph—Press Aeeociation.) . Cambridge, January 22. In the early. hours of this morning Cambridge experienced another destructive fire 1 , thus quickly following tho extensive damage- wrought by Monday's coniliujl'iition. On Monday,- Crowther and Bell, livery stable proprietors, woro. burnt right out, suffering loss to the extent of .£2500, their insurance only being .£1250. Yesterday they purchased.the stables owned by the rival proprietor and transferred their business :to thoso o.uafters. It was at their new stables that the firo broke out this morning. - The wholo structure and practically all the plant therein were demolished. Sheds' adjoining, belonging to local storekeepers, contained benzine; gunpowder, and gelignite, and there was great excitement until these dangerous explosives were removed. '..

The firemen worked nobly, and thanks to their efforts and tho fact that there was no wind blowing, tho firo did not spread to the neighbouring properties. Great 'sympathy is felt for. Messrs. Crowther and Bell in their second loss of some hundreds of pounds, it being doubtful if any of their belongings, are covered by insurance. .' ■■~ The buildingMjelo'nged to Mr. SethWobb, and was valued at ,£4OO, being insured for JJISO with the Ocean Company. The cause of the fire is probably accidental through careless smoking, but in\ the meantime a man has been detained by the police on suspicion of having been on the premises at the time of tho outbreak. '