FIRE AT SOUTH KARORI

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1668, 7 February 1913, Page 5

FIRE AT SOUTH KARORI

'. : '■'?.At about 1 a.mi,■.yesterday,, ft 'firo derV utroyed ;a milking, shed and 'contention ; -..<, : th© dairy., farm vjif Messrs. Hooper ''.and •Wood, at South.^iorori,-. 'The property '.:. destroyed consisted of thei ahed,'stalls, hay ;■■■'. and chaff-cutter,', harness, horse-feed, ana 'milk cans, the ■building being valued at ; and the contents at SlO6. A hay- ,• .staok near the back of the building, which ■ v -was also destroyed, was ; uninsured. The '.:: "building" was'covered by insurance to the ''■■ .■■: amount of thp Eoyal Office, - The .''' canse'.'of the fire .was- not:;ki}own, ! 'Mr, ~'/.' Qeorgo /Hooper,sSyho, discovered the fire, stated that '.who'll,. he f retired at midnight .'. no'sign 'of fireV,», Mr. Thos. ;.;'.• Wood stated that when he left the build- ' i-','.••'ln&at 6.30p:n1. ; he closed three out of the ■;.:'. vfour Moors of; the ■9hed, leavine tho back .'' .'dc<)r. only open'' as ,usuil.; V When the ;.'. . alarm! ! was: givenjit. was' found ''that; the ; front'.door.whs also 1 open: .'The t)laca and .'■'.:, its'"contents, nd well as'ft' laree haystack, :;;;.,were completely.destroyed.^..The property Vis- owned by Messrs'. Eabone and Co., ,'of ;•' Blenheim. 1 .■'/■• ' ■■''>': -.'.'"v