FIRE AT OAMARU.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 317, 26 March 1875, Page 3

FIRE AT OAMARU.

: : ~A; .fire, resiilCing. in-considerable loss of 'i»fopert^,^»rpkfe.'out in J TaViiison afid f len.ltM;soirs 'gwqery'e.stahiishinont, Thames-' street,:Oamaru Jay morning, at a qiiaf'ter'to'-]y-iMjlhck."'. When the fire was" discovered imes wbr<§ issuing through the doorway- of the premises just mentioned. It . then rapidly extended both'' 'north and south, until, it stopped in ; th ! e latter-direction-at Kite's* carriage factory, where its?..progress was arresteddiy a ,cross street; and in the former direction-it was' chfeGked-Ky.«the^stotie 1 wall-of Lane's butchery. As there was neither water: nor fije brigade, but"little could be done towards checking,,the progress: of the fire. No accidents of any kind occurred: - The fire "s_sU|)posedjto.be-,the -result of accident. .-,The ■Key .Zealand.;ln.suranee: qf fie'e is interested, to. the extent of £3,500..; and otheijr< »ffiaes- to- the extent of £1,4d)7 We append a—list of'the premises de.strpyed s - i'i: T : - '•' .■ * •••'. - Harbison and' grocers. ' Manning's Alliance Hotel. . Farr's butchery. ■ Ooldhamtnar'S'furniture establishment. ... Kite's carriacje-manfacutory.- . _ .. Mair's, jeweller.. x Kipperd and ! o'Neil's grocery. t-jj< ' Waiisbofnugh's-painter. ■ Falconer's, seed merchant) • ; ftlilltgan's, .tailor. . ~ ■ ■ "■ Mrs.'Smith's fancy goocls shop."

"\Ye understand that very little.property was saved, from any of'the buildings de"stroyed,- whiclv were •'all-i-'constructedl of wood, which the flames nipidlv passed-from house to t Guardian.'