A FIRE
TWO SHOPS BURNT.
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)
CAMBRIDGE, Aug. 5. In the early hours of yesterday morning a. fire badly gutted two shops and portion of a third, in Victoria St. The three shops were under one roof of a wooden building, one of the oldest in Cambridge. The fire had a good hold when discovered. It started in, a shop occupied by W. Nan (fruiterer aiid confectioner) t swept through the roof and back portions of W. M. Larkins (baker)’ and C. M. Crawford (outfitter). The two first named shops owned by L. H. Nixon, Cambridge, were badly gutted, and the third only partly burnt. It. was owned by Mrs Roberts, of Auckland. Concrete brick walls separating the* adjoining premises'prevented a more serous blaze. /.' . 1 j, tt . Insurances omNixoiilk shops are £6OO in the National Office. The cover on Mrs Roberts.’ shop is. not known. Larkin’s stock aiid fittings, £2OO in.,the - National Office. Nan’s contents £laO in. Commercial Union Office. Crawford also is covered in the New Zealand liil 1.V4 surance Coy’s Office.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1929, Page 5
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176A FIRE Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1929, Page 5
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