FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2165, 2 June 1914, Page 6

FIRES.

I'ETOXE KOAIimXGH-OVSK DESTROYED. At about 4.80 yesterday morning;. a bonidhighsuse i» Pitasherbert SWeot, Petone, was utterly destroyed fay firt. The ooeiipa.it® j,. Mrs, B< Wilson, Was awakc-ncd by fho noise' #f falling glass, ami with her two daughters awl a lady visitor barely managed (o get clear of the flames. Scarcely ait article .of fur» liitmre w clothing was .saved,, and'soroo of the five boarders arc. stated to be heavy losers. Before the brigade arrived the ftaiiies tad such a firm bald ; ♦bat it was impos&ibla- to save tire : dwelling, _ and it was rabidly gut toil, The ftU'iiifjUro was insured in ibo Cointnenia! llnka. Office For £.125, and. the building, whicli was owned by Mrs, B, ■ Mitfphy, of Wbiiaker Street) Wellington, was corerpd by a policy of £175 in tiio State and oQ in the Ne'W JSeftlrtud Insurance Office. The owu" pants cared for by ateighbofirs. I'liHO ON MJEAMAE HEIGHTS. j Shortly nfter o o'clock 3as-t evotri.ng tlvo slsy wor Hatailni was illtmiinatod by a dull red glow. "Itoiso afire!" w>s_ tiio general impression, but Jit* ! tfe iiOVrnmfiou cmld bp obtained last evening. Tne Kilbinue police offioor stated that ono bouse had been buru9'i to the ground an Mirarnar Heights, In tire vidnity of the gasworks, but the owner and ofiatijwe}' to.]-© not known. No nther iniotamtwil was available. MR- P- II- SAEGDOD'S HOMESTEAD. iSr Tolssrapß,- Press Association.! ■ ' Dtmcdm, .June 1. Advice front Pembroke states that Mr. P. It. fiargood's Vine Homestead, on the- shores of Lake Wanaka, wa.fi completely destroyed by fire early ttts 'morning. Oi.vly a few pieces <tf fumi* t tiro were saved. '