FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1663, 1 February 1913, Page 5

FIRES.

-w.'v,.:,:'.;.-. MOTOIfc'C.iR HOUSE 'DESTROYED. . (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) : Cambridge, January pi. . Tho ..third, fire ..within: a- few, days in Cambridgo occurred last night, Dr.;Stanlov's. motor-car - houso being , destroyed. The,' doctor's.ymotor . was luckily' saved, thanks to tho: good "work' of 'the brigade. Tho doctor's dwelling-house, only a few yards away, was saved intact.: The,building wag owned by Dr. Roberts, and was .insured. in, tho Boyal Office for m, but ! tho damage is in excess of that amount. ■ The firo originated loutsido tho motorhouse. -The cause is lunknown. GROCERY PREMISES BADLY DAMAGED. • Dunedln, January 31. Tho grocery premises occupied by Mr. Foulds in King. Street wore badly damaged <by firo early this morning. The fire ori- , ginated ;in tho . residential-quarter of the promises. The • lnsuranoes' are:—Building • (owned by. Mrß..Dodd6), ifi27s In tho Na- . tional Ofiicej furniture, JJISO in tho Ocean , Oifioei stock, in tho Alliance Office. - STORE AND DWELLING BURNED. Dunedln,'.'January 31. A store and dwelling, owned by 'Mr. L. Bpooner, and occupied by Mr. J. Car-man#-in Fergusson' Street,, St. Kilda, was destroyed by fire this morning.: Mr. Car- . .man was awakened a little after three ; .o'olock by the noise of eoraething falling - In the bedroom, and found the house on .... fire. The firo had so strong a hold that • it was necessary to', removo: tho.'ohildren through the, window., : It is thought the ■ -fire originated from a candle left burning. „, Tho furniture < and-, effects, : were'.'insured for, iloo, and the stock, for ; <£45 .in the State Office, ..' ~ , ' -