A Destructive Fire
. [ttCTJnta TBLVOSAMB.] Received December 17, 1 p.m. , : : . iDlLliin. Thil DftJ. A most destructive fire broke out in Greenfield street tat bight resulting, before -the flames oould be checked, in the total destruction of Messrs Coombe's timber yard, Burford and Co. 's soap factory, and a number of private cottages. The efforts of the firemen were neutralised by the high wind which prevalfcd,* 'and the damage is estimated at Jfally j£?0,000, the bulk of which will fall upon the South Australian Insurance Company. One of I the buildings < ontaued 1500 barrels of resin which, netted and flowed .along the street, a stream of l^uid fire. -
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 81, 17 December 1885, Page 2
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107A Destructive Fire Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 81, 17 December 1885, Page 2
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