FIRES.

Evening Star, Issue 4193, 4 August 1876, Page 2

FIRES.

This morning a fire broke out in the fanhouse at the back of Messrs Reid and Gray's foundry, Princes street south, but it was soon quenched with a few buckets of water. There is no doubt that the fire orginated by a spark from the furoace. The place was in-~ sured for L2O.

Lastj,night the dwelling-house owned and occupied by Mr James Dow, a settler at Hamilton Bay, wa9 totally destroyed by fire, together with the whole of his The occupants had barely time to make their escape by the window. The house, which had only been completed three months a 1; a cost of L2OO, was uninsured, and with this loss and that of his furniture, clothes, and 4 bedding, Mr Dow estimates his loss at nearly L 430. The origin of the fire is unknown. ' A fire broke out at the Milton Pottery Works early yesterday morning. The work* men had been burning a kiln of seggars, and some sparks or flames got through the kiln and caught the rafters of the roof. The, flames soon burst through the roof, but the. fire was speedily extinguished by the pottery hands and the members of the local Fire Brigade. The damage done is covered by insurance in the Standard Offioe, and LSO. will pay it.