Fires at Oamaru.
Oamar ( u, March 3^. 1'• A.ii lirioccupied house, owned b'yi a settler named Grant, living at Kurow, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The house-was not insured," ajtid^thel origin #tfio' fir^'caiinot be 'accounted <r %r. Two-jj.tacjks /of wheats,, belonging to a farmer named Cowlin, were destroyed by firJa this indoiniiig.. They r were notinsured, and they were, valued at over£2oo. It is'supposed? th4t a swagger slept alongside one of the stacks, and m the morning thoughtlessly threw a match down amongst the straw. ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 108, 2 April 1884, Page 2
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85Fires at Oamaru. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 108, 2 April 1884, Page 2
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