FIRE IN BLENHEIM.
viy : ;,!.(B3T:>!llßLßßKil*4L); "'i. ; . .i-i, i '■■> •. /. V^L-ENmuM, Thiii Day. A'tlialf-pnst J^,<)n Sunday morningj' a nreybrofeq put on >tjbe i premises occunied I>vi Jlankin, ; and AcMoyd.. The fire, For which no^origin caU. be ascertained, started on a comer abutting on a bridge' and wis the exception, floii about £20 v worth of goods, nothing was saved. The adjtoniQop ,-buildins:, in' whicH »ti6arly., £3000 w.bi*hiofufurniture for the Criterion Hotel now m process of erection • .was stored, had a narrow escape. The *sijj(e of. the building nnd the i*oofPcl«ugh.t' ■ fire at one time 3 , but, the Brigade succeeded m quenching the flames. The books atfdso&ie jo6Oihcasti'werefomid ■ m the safe, next momuig,< and although the books are scorched they arc legible!
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 50, 28 January 1884, Page 3
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119FIRE IN BLENHEIM. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 50, 28 January 1884, Page 3
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