THE LATE FIRE.
[to the editor.] Sib, —I have seen your report, and a letter in your paper ■ about -the 4ate4ire-at Simeons'plaoe. Had I been called in to give evidence at the inquest, I coold have done so. I reside just opposite, and was in attendance at tb<*. fire Injjnediafcehy after the alarm was given. After the fire was put out, the aboard in the floor was lifted in my presence, an*! I discovered the shavings and .Sticks /subsequently seen by Detective Browne) reatin&npGpi,& ■'-.'[ sfoinger, under the floor, 'attotot 16%r £sjt.;; from the seat* of the firei Says'\ ; . they were not there at the time of thV '' fire tells a lie. There werejaot more thaft 30 half buckets of water oaed R kwo-thtrds of which waß unnecessary. ' _/ „ '} ~~ • : ¥oots, &a. Henri KORM4IW. ■» Seddon-street, June 14,1877. , '•" ■'--
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Kumara Times, Issue 218, 15 June 1877, Page 2
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134THE LATE FIRE. Kumara Times, Issue 218, 15 June 1877, Page 2
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