FIRES.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4045, 9 July 1884, Page 3

FIRES.

Gisborne, This day.

A fire broke out at 4 o'clock this morning in Skillicorn's fellmongery at Ormond.Four thousand bales, of sheepskins, eight bales of pressed and scoured wool, and the buildings wore burnt, down. No cause is assigned. Tho building was insured for £100 in the National office. There is an open policy on the wool in tho Union office, . Wellington, This day. .

A fire occurred in Pirio street at 1 o'clock this morning, which destroyed two cottages owned by Messrs Hook and Duries respectively. The. buildings were owned.by Mr Kershaw, of Kilbirnie. The fire occurred in the kitchen of Hook's house, and when discovered had a good hold. Hook loses the whole of his furniture, and Duries only saved a few articles. Hook's furniture was insured for £95 in the National office, but Duries was uninsured. The cottages were insured for £100 each in the Colonial office;Wanganui, This day. A fire occurred last night in, a fourroomed cottage in Dublin-street, the property of Mr Lorensoi., and occupied by' a man named Breen, a blacksmith. The fire was confined to the kitchen and parlor, and was speedily got under. Tho buildingis insured in the London and Lancashire office for £150, and the furniture for £72 iri the Fire Insurance Association. '' Dunedin, This day. A fire broke outlast evening in a small cottage which had been on firo on Saturday evening. This time it was completely destroyed. The cottage was occupied by a woman of ill-fame, and was insured in the New Zealand office for £150. The police regard the matter with suspicion.. ' ;