Another Fire.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 39, 3 April 1884, Page 2

Another Fire.

.Last night; the putbuildings of Mr J. C. Richardson, farmer; of'Makino, com* prising a barn, cow home, Ac., the fortntr containing about a ton and a half of hay, together with some farm implements, tools, and other- articles.- were totallV'dentroyed by fire, which broke oat about half past six. The only feasible surmisa as to its origin is that some sparks may possibly haye reached place from some bush w f hich."was burning about 10 chains away, on- the land of Mr Ham* ■mond, of Ran|>itikei. . Mr Richardson and his son.iri-law, Mr ; Minnings, who lives close by., were both , at ; home^ and t al though l,the fire ; wastdisoorer^d almost impjcd.iafeljr, aftej itL<JQmnlenced 1 j jettfrything was so inflammable from. tbJK[drj weather that their efforts were futile to preVent the ' Vapid spread 61 tho^flames orer the ' buildings and : cphtieiits; 'little or nothing beybnd a ta'luable saddle w.as.sared^. speedily -diii the devour* iiig element dolts work* that after about an houff sca,rc«»l y j»ny thing was Jjef i but the burning, mass .of bay. It , was exreeding fortunate thattno wjnd waSjb^owMti m the directipii n ojf ; Mt, HjoUard isn't dwelling house, wJrich ,»tands only sbout a chain from the npot, wilh a lot of fencing 'iWterrenlhg^ Had it beeW other. wise.thedesiTUC'iiott of t the house would har^been'almrtsi we;TUible. A f V\_e b»Ue»e there .«»8 : no iicsufADce on'lthe. pcootnj* ivi iruio'i :■>:■■'■}[ i>/.ii ';'.>Ti->iufi Fi